Celaenorrhinus ambareesa

Taxobox
name = Malabar Spotted Flat


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Hesperioidea
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Pyrginae
genus = "Celaenorrhinus"
species = "C. ambareesa"
binomial = "Celaenorrhinus ambareesa"
binomial_authority = (Moore, 1865 ["Plesioneura ambareesa", Moore, P. Z. S., 1865:788.] )

"Celaenorrhinus ambareesa",Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/celaenorrhinus/index.html|Page on "Celaenorrhinus" genus.] , Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae] [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?UserID=&UserName=&TaxonNo=182025.0&SCIENTIFIC_NAME_on_card=ambareesa&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3daurivittata%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3daurivittata%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "ambareesa" in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.] ] commonly known as the Malabar Spotted Flat,Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.3, pp 324.] is a hesperiid found in Asia.

Range

The butterfly is found in India and ranges from South India to Khandesh, Madhya Pradesh to West Bengal.

Description

Unlike the Common Spotted Flat, the semi-transparent white spots on the upperside of the fore wings are separated from each other. It also has distinct rows of pale yellow spots on the hind wing and the hairy fringe of the wings (cilia) is chequered with black and white. All the spotted flats have similar habits and habitats. The Malabar Spotted Flat is more likely to be found under boulders and logs overhanging forest streams. Wingspan : 45 to 55mm.

Distribution

This butterfly is commonly found in moist-deciduous, semi-evergreen and secondary evergreen forests with a dense herb and shrub layers. It is particularly frequent in places where openings in the canopy let sunlight fall on the ground vegetation.Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2000) Butterflies of Peninsular India, ser no 64, pp 146-147.]

The butterfly is most commonly seen in the post monsoon season. The population is low in the winter and summer months but increases prior to the monsoon.

tatus

Not Rare.

Cited references

ee also

*Hesperiidae
*List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)
*List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

References

Print

*aut|Evans, W.H. (1932) "The Identification of Indian Butterflies". 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
*aut|Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2000) "Butterflies of Peninsular India", (i to xviii, pp254, Plates 1 to 32) Universities Press (India) Ltd, Hyderabad (reprint 2006). ISBN 81-7371-354-5

Online

*aut|Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/index.html] (accessed 22 September 2007).
*aut|Beccaloni, G. W., aut|Scoble, M. J., aut|Robinson, G. S. & aut|Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex] (accessed 22 September 2007).