Satarupa gopala explained

Satarupa gopala, the large white flat, is a species of skipper butterfly found in parts of the Indomalayan region^[1], including India, Malaya, Thailand, Laos, China and Vietnam. It is the type species for the genus Satarupa.^[2]

Subspecies

• Satarupa gopala gopala (Sikkim, Assam, northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, Hainan)
• Satarupa gopala malaya vans, 1932

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
2. On the species of Hesperidae from the Indo-Malayan and African Regions described by Herr Plotz, with descriptions of some new species. Swinhoe C. 1907. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1–36.