Celaenorrhinus nigricans

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Small banded flat
Open wing nectaring behaviour of Celaenorrhinus nigricans (de Nicéville, 1885) - Small-banded Flat.jpg
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C. nigricans
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus nigricans

Celaenorrhinus nigricans,[1] the small banded flat,[2] is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan.[2][3] In India, the butterfly ranges from Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.[2][3]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as being not rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus nigricans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Genus Celaenorrhinus, Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. ^ a b c 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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