Capila zennara explained

Capila zennara, commonly known as the pale striped dawnfly,^{[1] [2]} is a species of hesperid butterfly found in tropical Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in Sikkim,^[3] Bhutan, Northeast India, and has also been recorded in northern Thailand.^{[2] [4]}

The type locality is Bengal.^[2]

Description

In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson gave a detailed description:^[4]

Watson also adds:

See also

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

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. TOL web page on genus Capila
2. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Capila.
3. Book: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992 . 196, ser 547 .
4. Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.