Jump to content

Choaspes xanthopogon: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Speciesbox
{{Speciesbox
| name = Similar awlking
| name = Similar awlking
| image = Choanthes xanthopogon in Kollar.jpg
| image = Choaspes xanthopogon.jpg
| image_caption = ''Choanthes xanthopogon'' in [[Charles von Hügel]'s''Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleygebirge gesammelten Insekten''
| image_caption = ''Choanthes xanthopogon'' in [[Charles von Hügel]]'s ''Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleygebirge gesammelten Insekten''
| status =
| taxon = Choaspes xanthopogon
| taxon = Choaspes xanthopogon
| authority = ([[Vincenze Kollar|Kollar]], 1844)<ref name="LepIndex Choaspes xanthopogon">{{LepIndex |id=182441}} Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref>
| authority = ([[Vincenze Kollar|Kollar]], 1844)<ref name="LepIndex Choaspes xanthopogon">{{LepIndex |id=182441}} Retrieved April 20, 2018.</ref>
| synonyms =
| range_map =
| range_map_caption =
}}
}}


'''''Choaspes xanthopogon''''',<ref name="Savela Choaspes">Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera - page on genus [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/choaspes/index.html ''Choaspes''.]</ref><ref name="TOLWeb Choaspes">TOL web page on genus [http://www.tolweb.org/Choaspes/94261 ''Choaspes'']</ref> the '''similar awlking''',<ref name="xanthopogon">The common name '''Similar Awlking''' is that of taxon ''similis'' (vide Evans (1932)) which is not recognised as a valid species by [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/choaspes/index.html Savela] and by TOLWeb (ref its page on genus [http://tolweb.org/Choaspes/94261/2007.02.21 ''Choaspes'']). Taxon ''similis'' is now considered to be a synonym of taxon ''xanthopogon''.</ref> is a [[butterfly]] belonging to the family [[Hesperiidae]].
'''''Choaspes xanthopogon''''',<ref name="Savela Choaspes">Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera - page on genus [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/choaspes/index.html ''Choaspes''.]</ref><ref name="TOLWeb Choaspes">TOL web page on genus [http://www.tolweb.org/Choaspes/94261 ''Choaspes'']</ref> the '''similar awlking''',<ref name="xanthopogon">The common name '''Similar Awlking''' is that of taxon ''similis'' (vide Evans (1932)) which is not recognised as a valid species by [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/choaspes/index.html Savela] and by TOLWeb (ref its page on genus [http://tolweb.org/Choaspes/94261/2007.02.21 ''Choaspes'']). Taxon ''similis'' is now considered to be a synonym of taxon ''xanthopogon''.</ref> is a species of [[butterfly]] belonging to the family [[Hesperiidae]].


==Range==
==Range==
The similar awlking ranges in [[India]] along the Himalayas from [[Kashmir]] to [[Nepal]], [[Sikkim]] and [[Assam]] onto [[Myanmar]] and west [[China]] and possibly [[Borneo]].<ref name="Savela Choaspes"/>
The similar awlking is found in India along the Himalayas from [[Kashmir]] to Nepal, [[Sikkim]] and [[Assam]], Myanmar, western China and possibly [[Borneo]].<ref name="Savela Choaspes"/>


==Status==
==Status==
Line 42: Line 38:
[[Category:Coeliadinae]]
[[Category:Coeliadinae]]
[[Category:Fauna of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Fauna of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Butterflies of India]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Asia]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1844]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1844]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Vincenz Kollar]]


{{Hesperiidae-stub}}
{{Hesperiidae-stub}}

Latest revision as of 18:01, 4 April 2024

Similar awlking
Choanthes xanthopogon in Charles von Hügel's Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleygebirge gesammelten Insekten
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Choaspes
Species:
C. xanthopogon
Binomial name
Choaspes xanthopogon
(Kollar, 1844)[1]

Choaspes xanthopogon,[2][3] the similar awlking,[4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Range

[edit]

The similar awlking is found in India along the Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal, Sikkim and Assam, Myanmar, western China and possibly Borneo.[2]

Status

[edit]

William Harry Evans wrote that the taxon similis is rare. Taxon similis is a synonym for xanthopogon, see previous notes.[5]

Cited references

[edit]
  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Choaspes xanthopogon​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera - page on genus Choaspes.
  3. ^ TOL web page on genus Choaspes
  4. ^ The common name Similar Awlking is that of taxon similis (vide Evans (1932)) which is not recognised as a valid species by Savela and by TOLWeb (ref its page on genus Choaspes). Taxon similis is now considered to be a synonym of taxon xanthopogon.
  5. ^ As per Evans,Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 320–321, ser no I 4.2.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]

Print

Online