Capila lidderdali

Capila lidderdali, the Lidderdale's dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

Lidderdale's dawnfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Capila
Species:
C. lidderdali
Binomial name
Capila lidderdali
(Elwes, 1888)[1]

Range
Male

The butterfly occurs in Nepal, Sikkim,[4] Bhutan,[5] Northeast India (Assam) and also in Laos.[3]

The type locality is Darjeeling.[1]

Status

It is very rare in Bhutan.[5]

Cited references
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila lidderdali". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera page on genus Capila.
  4. Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. p. 196, ser 546.
  5. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 322, ser no I 6.1.

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