Aurivittia aurivittata explained

Aurivittia aurivittata,[1] the dark yellow-banded flat,[2] is a species of hesperiid butterfly which is found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan.[2] [4] In India, the butterfly ranges across the Himalayas to Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.[2] [4]

Evans: Assam to south Myanmar, south Mergui, Malaya, Sumatra, Kota Kina Balu, BorneoSavela:

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that A. aurivittata was not rare in India and north Myanmar, but was rare elsewhere.[4]

References

Print

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

Online

Notes and References

  1. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Celaenorrhinus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  3. Cong . Qian . Zhang . Jing . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick . 2019 . Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . . 0731 . 1–56.
  4. Book: Evans . William Harry Evans

    . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 329, ser no I11.34 .