Lobocla liliana

Lobocla liliana
Marbled Flat
From above: male, female, male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lobocla
Species: L. liliana
Binomial name
Lobocla liliana
(Atkinson, 1871)

Lobocla liliana,[1] commonly called Marbled Flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in Asia.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, North Vietnam and West China (Yunnan).[2] In India, the butterfly ranges from the Himalayas, Sikkim and Assam eastwards to the Karen hills in Myanmar.[2][3]


Status

Common.[3]

Cited references

  1. ^ Card for Lobocla liliana in LepIndex. Accessed 26 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Lobocla genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I12.2, pp 329.

See also

References

Print

  • 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.
  • Haribal, Meena. (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History (pp 217). Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.

Online

  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [1] (accessed 26 September 2007)
  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [2] (accessed 26 September 2007).


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