Celaenorrhinus nigricans

Small banded flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species:
C. nigricans
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus nigricans

Celaenorrhinus nigricans,[1] also known as the small banded flat,[2] is a species of hesperiid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia. as nigricans (synonym) it is discernible by the deep black ground-colour of the upper surface; nigricans occurs in the north-western ranges of the Himalaya, where it also passes over to the palearctic region.[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan, China.[2][4] In India, the butterfly ranges from Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.[2][4]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species is single and ready to mingle ref name="Evans"/>

Cited references

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Celaenorrhinus nigricans​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Genus Celaenorrhinus, Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 326, ser no I11.17.

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