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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = White dawnfly
| name = White dawnfly
| image = CapilaPieridoidesSeitz.png
| status =
| taxon = Capila pieridoides
| image =CapilaPieridoidesSeitz.png
| authority = ([[Frederic Moore|Moore]], 1878)(<ref name="LepIndex Calliana pieridoides">{{LepIndex |id=181633 |name=Calliana pieridoides}} Retrieved April 19, 2018.</ref>)
| image_caption =
| synonyms = * ''Calliana pieridoides''<small>Moore, 1878</small>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Hesperiidae]]
| genus = ''[[Capila]]''
| species = '''''C. pieridoides'''''
| binomial = ''Capila pieridoides''
| binomial_authority = ([[Frederic Moore|Moore]], 1878)(<ref name="LepIndex Calliana pieridoides">{{LepIndex |id=181633 |name=Calliana pieridoides}} Retrieved April 19, 2018.</ref>)
| synonyms = *''Calliana pieridoides''<small>Moore, 1878</small>
| range_map =
| range_map_caption =
}}
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'''''Capila pieridoides''''', the '''white dawnfly''',<ref name="TOLWeb Capila">TOL web page on [http://www.tolweb.org/Capila genus ''Capila'']</ref><ref name="Savela Capila">Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera page on genus [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/capila/index.html ''Capila''].</ref> is a species of [[hesperiidae|hesperid]] [[butterfly]] found in [[India]] and [[Southeast Asia]].
'''''Capila pieridoides''''', commonly known as the '''white dawnfly''',<ref name="TOLWeb Capila">TOL web page on [http://www.tolweb.org/Capila genus ''Capila'']</ref><ref name="Savela Capila">Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera page on genus [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/capila/index.html ''Capila''].</ref> is a species of [[hesperiidae|hesperid]] [[butterfly]] found in India and Southeast Asia.


==Range==
==Range==
[[File:CallianaPieridoides 754 3.jpg|thumb|left|Male (left) and female (right)]]
[[File:CallianaPieridoides 754 3.jpg|thumb|left|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 west [[China]].<ref name="Savela Capila"/><ref name="Evans">{{cite book |last=Evans |first1=W.H. |authorlink=William Harry Evans |title=The Identification of Indian Butterflies |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |year=1932 |page=323, ser no I 9.1 }}</ref>
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.<ref name="Savela Capila"/><ref name="Evans">{{cite book |last=Evans |first1=W.H. |authorlink=William Harry Evans |title=The Identification of Indian Butterflies |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |year=1932 |page=323, ser no I 9.1 }}</ref>


The type locality is northeast Bengal.<ref name="LepIndex Calliana pieridoides"/>
The type locality is northeast Bengal.<ref name="LepIndex Calliana pieridoides"/>

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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 pieridoidesMoore, 1878

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

Range

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

It is considered rare.[4]

Cited references

  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.

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