Capila lidderdali, also known as Lidderdale's dawnfly,[2][3] is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.

Lidderdale's dawnfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Capila
Species:
C. lidderdali
Binomial name
Capila lidderdali
(Elwes, 1888)[1]

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Male

The butterfly occurs in Nepal, Sikkim,[4] Bhutan,[5] Northeast India (Assam) and also in Laos.[3]

The type locality is Darjeeling.[1]

Status edit

It is very rare in Bhutan.[5]

Cited references edit

  1. ^ a b Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila lidderdali​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ TOL web page on genus Capila
  3. ^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera page on genus Capila.
  4. ^ Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. p. 196, ser 546.
  5. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 322, ser no I 6.1.

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