Small banded flat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan, China.[2][3] In India, the butterfly ranges from Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.[2][3]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as being not rare.[3]

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. 1 2 3 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Genus Celaenorrhinus, 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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