Celaenorrhinus asmara

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

White-banded flat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Celaenorrhinus
Species:	C. asmara
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus asmara (Butler, 1879)

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.[2] The butterfly occurs in India from Assam onward to the Karen Hills in Myanmar.[3]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that Celaenorrhinus asmara was not rare in India and Myanmar.[3]

Cited references

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus asmara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
2. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Celaenorrhinus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 327, ser no I11.21.

See also

• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
• List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)

References

Print

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

Online

• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 15 October 2016.