Celaenorrhinus munda

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

Himalayan spotted flat
Subspecies C. m. maculicornis
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C. munda
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus munda
(Moore, 1884)

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]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus munda". 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. 326, ser no I11.17.

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