- Celaenorrhinus pero
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Mussoorie Pied Flat Celaenorrhinus peroin Seitz Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae Genus: Celaenorrhinus Species: C. pero Binomial name Celaenorrhinus pero
de Nicéville, 1889Celaenorrhinus pero,[1] commonly called Mussoorie Pied Flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia.
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Range
The butterfly occurs in India, Myanmar, North Thailand and West China.[2] In India, the butterfly ranges from Mussoorie (Uttaranchal) to Sikkim, Assam and Nagaland and eastwards towards Myanmar.[2][3]
Status
Rare.[3]
Cited references
- ^ Card for Celaenorrhinus pero in LepIndex. Accessed 26 September 2007.
- ^ a b c Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Celaenorrhinus genus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
- ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I11.10, pp 325.
See also
References
Print
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp 454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
Online
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] (accessed 26 September 2007).
- Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [2] (accessed 26 September 2007)
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