Choaspes xanthopogon

Choaspes xanthopogon
Similar Awlking
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Choaspes
Species: C. xanthopogon
Binomial name
Choaspes xanthopogon
(Kollar, 1844)[1]

Choaspes xanthopogon,[2][3] commonly known as the Similar Awlking,[4] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

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Range

The Similar Awlking ranges in India along the Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal, Sikkim and Assam) onto Myanmar and West China and possibly Borneo.[2]

Status

Rare.[5]

Cited references

  1. ^ Card for Choaspes xanthopogon in LepIndex. Accessed 12 October 2007.
  2. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera - page on genus Choaspes.
  3. ^ TOL web page on genus Choaspes
  4. ^ The common name Similar Awlking is that of taxon similis (vide Evans (1932)) which is not recognised as a valid species by Savela and by TOLWeb (ref its page on genus Choaspes). Taxon similis is now considered to be a synonym of taxon xanthopogon.
  5. ^ As per Evans,(Evans, W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no I 4.2, pp 320-321), the taxon similis is rare. Taxon similis is a synonym for xanthopogon, see previous notes.

See also

References

Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

Online

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [1] (accessed 22 September 2007).
  • Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Choaspes Moore 1881. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Choaspes in The Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/.
  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [2] (accessed 12 October 2007).


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