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List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)

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List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Pyrginae of the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. The butterflies of this subfamily are commonly referred to as flats because of their habit of holding the wings flat at all times. They are also known as "angles", "elfs" or "grizzled skippers".

Contents

This list forms part of the full List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) which itself is part of the complete List of butterflies of India.

A total of 69 species belonging to 21 genera are found in India.

Capila - dawnflies

Evans (1932) had listed the various species of Capila under a number of different genera:

  • Orthopaetus group (dawnflies)
  • Lidderdale's dawnfly, Capila lidderdali (Elwes, 1888)
  • Fulvous dawnfly, Capila phanaeus (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Capila group (striped dawnflies)
  • Pale striped dawnfly, Capila zennara (Moore, 1865)
  • Striped dawnfly, Capila jayadeva (Moore, 1865)
  • Crossiura group (fringed dawnfly)
  • Fringed dawnfly, Capila pennicillatum (de Nicéville, 1893)
  • Calliana group (white dawnfly)
  • White dawnfly, Capila pieridoides (Moore, 1878) (Calliana pieridoides as per LepIndex)

    • Caprona - angles

  • Golden angle, Caprona ransonnetti (Felder, 1868)
  • Spotted angle, Caprona agama (Moore, 1857)

    • Carcharodus - mallow skipper

  • Mallow skipper, Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
  • Carcharodus dravira (Moore, [1875])

    • Celaenorrhinus - spotted flats

  • Malabar spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, 1865)
  • White-banded flat, Celaenorrhinus asmara (Butler, [1879])
  • Large streaked flat, Celaenorrhinus aspersa Leech, 1891
  • Dark yellow-banded flat, Celaenorrhinus aurivittata (Moore, [1879])
  • Himalayan yellow flat, Celaenorrhinus dhanada (Moore, 1865)
  • Velvet flat, Celaenorrhinus ficulnea (Hewitson, 1868)
  • Common spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, 1848)
  • Pied flat, Celaenorrhinus morena Evans, 1949
  • Small banded flat, Celaenorrhinus nigricans (de Nicéville, 1885)
  • Large spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus patula de Nicéville, 1889
  • Mussoorie pied flat, Celaenorrhinus pero Leech, 1894
  • Multispotted flat, Celaenorrhinus pulomaya (Moore, 1865)
  • Common spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus putra (Moore, 1865)
  • Double spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus pyrrha de Nicéville, 1889
  • Celaenorrhinus ratna Frühstorfer, 1909
  • Tamil spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus ruficornis (Mabille, 1878)
  • Black flat, Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus (Felder, 1868)
  • de Nicéville's spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus sumitra (Moore, 1865)
  • Scarce banded flat, Celaenorrhinus badia (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Bhutan flat, Celaenorrhinus flavocincta (de Nicéville, 1887)
  • Himalayan spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus munda (Moore, 1884)

    • Chamunda - olive flat

  • Olive flat, Chamunda chamunda (Moore, 1865)

    • Coladenia - pied flats

  • Brown pied flat, Coladenia agni (de Nicéville, 1883)
  • Tricolour pied flat, Coladenia indrani (Moore, 1865)
  • Elwes' pied flat, Coladenia agnioides Elwes & Edwards, 1897

    • Ctenoptilum - tawny angle

  • Tawny angle, Ctenoptilum vasava (Moore, 1865)

    • Darpa - hairy angle

  • Hairy angle, Darpa hanria (Moore, 1865)
  • Darpa striata (Druce, 1873)
  • Darpa pteria (Hewitson, 1868)

    • Gerosis - yellow-breast flats

  • Common yellow-breast flat, Gerosis bhagava (Moore, [1866])
  • Dusky yellow-breast flat, Gerosis phisara (Moore, 1884)
  • Chinese yellow-breast flat, Gerosis sinica (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)

    • Gomalia - marbled skipper

  • African mallow/marbled skipper, Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)

    • Lobocla - marbled flat

  • Marbled flat, Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871)

    • Mooreana - yellow flat

  • Yellow flat, Mooreana trichoneura (M. t. pralaya, (Moore, 1865))

    • Odina - zigzag flat

  • Zigzag flat, Odina decoratus Hewitson, 1867
  • Odina hieroglyphica (Butler, 1870)

    • Odontoptilum - chestnut angle

  • Chestnut/banded angle, Odontoptilum angulatum (Felder, 1862)

    • Pseudocoladenia

  • Fulvous pied flat, Pseudocoladenia dan (Fabricius, 1787) previously Coladenia dan
  • Pseudocoladenia festa (Evans, 1949)
  • Pseudocoladenia fatua (Evans, 1949)

    • Pyrgus - grizzled skippers

  • Pyrgus alpinus (Erschoff, 1874)
  • Pyrgus cashmirensis Moore, 1874

    • Sarangesa - small flats

  • Common small flat, Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, 1865)
  • Spotted small flat, Sarangesa purendra (Moore, 1882)
  • Tiny flat, Sarangesa sati de Nicéville, 1891

    • Satarupa - white flats

  • Large white flat, Satarupa gopala (Moore, 1865)
  • Satarupa splendens Tytler, 1914

    • Seseria - white flats

  • Himalayan white flat, Seseria dohertyi Watson, 1863
  • Sikkim white flat, Seseria sambara (Moore, 1865)

    • Spialia - grizzled skippers

  • Indian grizzled skipper or Indian skipper, Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Desert grizzled skipper, Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)
  • Zebra grizzled skipper, Spialia zebra (Butler, 1888)

    • Tagiades - snow flats

  • Flat, Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914 (T. c. cynthia Evans, 1934)
  • Ceylon snow flat, Tagiades distans Moore
  • Immaculate/large/suffused snow flat, Tagiades gana (Moore, 1865)
  • Common snow flat, Tagiades japetus (Stoll, 1781)
  • Water snow flat, Tagiades litigiosa (Möschler, 1878)
  • Spotted snow flat, Tagiades menaka (Moore, 1865)
  • Tagiades parra Frühstorfer, 1910
  • Tagiades toba de Nicéville, 1896

    • Tapena - black angle

  • Black angle, Tapena thwaitesi Moore, 1881

    • References

    List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae) Wikipedia
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