Capila lidderdali

Lidderdale's dawnfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species: C. lidderdali
Binomial name
Capila lidderdali
(Elwes, 1888)[1]

Capila lidderdali, the Lidderdale's dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

Range

Male

The butterfly occurs in Nepal, Sikkim,[4] Bhutan,[5] Northeast India (Assam) and also in Laos.[3]

The type locality is Darjeeling.[1]

Status

It is very rare in Bhutan.[5]

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Card for Capila lidderdali in LepIndex. Accessed 04 November 2007.
  2. TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera page on genus Capila.
  4. Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. p. 196, ser 546.
  5. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 322, ser no I 6.1.

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