Celaenorrhinus aurivittata

Dark yellow-banded flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. aurivittata
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus aurivittata
(Moore, [1879])

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

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan.[2][3] In India, the butterfly ranges across the Himalayas to Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.[2][3]

Evans: Assam to south Myanmar, south Mergui, Malaya, Sumatra, Kota Kina Balu, Borneo Savela:

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that C. aurivittata was not rare in India and north Myanmar, but was rare elsewhere.[3]

Cited references

  1. Card for Celaenorrhinus aurivittata in LepIndex. Accessed 26 September 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 329, ser no I11.34.

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