Capilla jayadeva, the striped dawnfly, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in tropical Asia.
Range
The butterfly is found in India from Sikkim and north-east Bengal to Assam and is also found in Laos.
In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson wrote:
The type locality is Darjeeling.
Status
Rare.
Description
Watson also gave this detailed description:
He also stated:
Cited references
References
Print
- Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae: being a reprint of descriptions of the Hesperiidae of India, Burma, and Ceylon.. Vest and Co. Madras.
Online
- Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2007). Capila Moore 1866. Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Capila/95329/2007.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
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