Celaenorrhinus asmara

White-banded flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. asmara
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus asmara
(Butler, 1879)

Celaenorrhinus asmara,[1] the white-banded flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.[2] The butterfly occurs in India from Assam onward to the Karen Hills in Myanmar.[3]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that Celaenorrhinus asmara was not rare in India and Myanmar.[3]

Cited references

  1. Card for Celaenorrhinus asmara in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.
  2. 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 327, ser no I11.21.

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