Capila jayadeva explained

Capilla jayadeva, the striped dawnfly,^[1] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in tropical Asia.

Range

The butterfly is found in India from Sikkim and north-east Bengal to Assam and is also found in Laos.^[2]

In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson wrote:^[3]

The type locality is Darjeeling.

Status

Rare.^[2]

Description

Watson also gave this detailed description:^[3]

He also stated:^[3]

References

Print

• Book: Evans . William Harry Evans

. W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .

• Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.. Vest and Co. Madras.
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth

. Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 . Online

• Web site: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) . Beccaloni . George . Scoble . Malcolm . Kitching . Ian . Simonsen . Thomas . Robinson . Gaden . Pitkin . Brian . Hine . Adrian . Lyal . Chris . Natural History Museum, London . 2016-10-15 .
• Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2007). Capila Moore 1866. Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Capila/95329/2007.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
• Web site: Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera .

Notes and References

1. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Capila.
2. Book: Evans . William Harry Evans

   . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 322–323, ser no I 7.4 .

3. Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae Indicae: Descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma and Ceylon.