Capila penicillatum

Fringed dawnfly
From top: male, female and male underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species: C. penicillatum
Binomial name
Capila penicillatum
(de Nicéville, 1893)[1]

Capila penicillatum, the fringed dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Meghalaya (Khasi hills) eastwards to Canton, north Vietnam and Hainan.[3][4]

The type locality is the Khasi Hills.[1]

Status

It is very rare.[4]

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Card for Capila pennicillatum in LepIndex. Accessed 04 November 2007.
  2. TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. 1 2 Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Capila.
  4. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 323, ser no I 8.3.

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