Aurivittia aurivittata
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]
| Dark yellow-banded flat | |
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| At Fraser's Hill, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Aurivittia |
| Species: | A. aurivittata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aurivittia aurivittata (Moore, [1879]) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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, Borneo Savela:
Status
In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that A. aurivittata was not rare in India and north Myanmar, but was rare elsewhere.[4]
Cited references
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aurivittia aurivittata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Celaenorrhinus., Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
- Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 329, ser no I11.34.
References
Print
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Online
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
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