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| Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, 1844)[1] |
Choaspes xanthopogon,[2][3] commonly known as the Similar Awlking,[4] is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Vincenze Kollar (1797 Kranowitz, Silesia - 1860 Vienna) was a German Entomologist who specialised in Diptera. A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a A skipper is a Butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (superfamily Hesperioidea named after their quick darting flight habits
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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. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country This article is about the geographical region of greater Kashmir Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Sikkim ( Nepali:, also Sikhim) is a Landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas It is the least populous state in India Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. [2]
Status
Rare. [5]
Cited references
- ^ Card for Choaspes xanthopogon in LepIndex. Accessed 12 October 2007.
- ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera - page on genus Choaspes.
- ^ TOL web page on genus Choaspes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- Coeliadinae
- Hesperiidae
- List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
References
- Evans, W. Coeliadinae is a Subfamily of the Hesperiidae ("skippers" family of Butterflies. A skipper is a Butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (superfamily Hesperioidea named after their quick darting flight habits A total of 22 species belonging to four genera of the Coeliadinae (family Hesperiidae) or the Awls Awlets and Awlkings as they are commonly called are India has a rich biodiversity of butterflies, of which skippers are a well represented family 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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