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| synonyms = * ''Calliana pieridoides'' <small>Moore, 1878</small>
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White dawnfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species:
C. pieridoides
Binomial name
Capila pieridoides
(Moore, 1878)([1])
Synonyms
  • Calliana pieridoides Moore, 1878

Capila pieridoides, commonly known as the white dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

Range

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Male (left) and female (right)

The butterfly occurs in India in north-east Bengal and Assam and eastwards onto Myanmar (Dawnas). It is also found in Thailand and western China.[3][4]

The type locality is northeast Bengal.[1]

Status

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It is considered rare.[4]

Cited references

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  1. ^ a b Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Calliana pieridoides​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. ^ a b Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera page on genus Capila.
  4. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 323, ser no I 9.1.

See also

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