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Capila zennara

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Scientific name
  
Capila zennara

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Capila

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Capila jayadeva, Capila, Celaenorrhinus, Spread‑winged skipper

Capila zennara, the pale striped dawnfly, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in tropical Asia.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in Sikkim, Bhutan, Northeast India, and has also been recorded in northern Thailand.

The type locality is Bengal.

Description

In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson gave a detailed description:

Male and female. Upperside brown; forewing with a broad yellowish white semitransparent irregular margined discal band obliquely from middle of costa to posterior angle; hindwing in the male exteriorly with two greyish longitudinal streaks between each vein, these being absent in the female. Abdomen with pale greyish anal tuft. Underside uniform brown, with oblique discal band as above. Front of head and palpi dull orange yellow. Body and legs brown. Cilia brown.

Watson also adds:

Mr. Elwes records this species as occurring rarely in Sikkim from April to August in the low valleys, and also states that the antennae of the female both in this species and in Capila jayadeva are much less hooked at the tip than those in the male.

References

Capila zennara Wikipedia