Celaenorrhinus munda

Himalayan spotted flat
Subspecies C. m. maculicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. munda
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus munda
(Moore, 1884)

Celaenorrhinus munda,[1] the Himalayan spotted flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Pakistan and Myanmar.[2][3] It ranges from Simla in Himachal Pradesh, India, to Pakistan, and eastwards to the southern Shan states in Myanmar.[2][3]

Status

William Harry Evans described this species as rare in 1932.[3]

Cited references

  1. Card for Celaenorrhinus munda 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. 326, ser no I11.17.

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