Celaenorrhinus aurivittata

Celaenorrhinus aurivittata,[1] the dark yellow-banded flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia.

Dark yellow-banded flat
At Fraser's Hill, Malaysia
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C. aurivittata
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus aurivittata
(Moore, [1879])

Range

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

Evans: Assam to south Myanmar, south Mergui, Malaya, Sumatra, Kota Kina Balu, Borneo Savela:

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that C. aurivittata was not rare in India and north Myanmar, but was rare elsewhere.[3]

Cited references

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus aurivittata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Celaenorrhinus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 329, ser no I11.34.

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