Choaspes_xanthopogon

<i>Choaspes xanthopogon</i>

Choaspes xanthopogon

Species of butterfly


Choaspes xanthopogon,[2][3] the similar awlking,[4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

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Range

The similar awlking is found in India along the Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal, Sikkim and Assam, Myanmar, western China and possibly Borneo.[2]

Status

William Harry Evans wrote that the taxon similis is rare. Taxon similis is a synonym for xanthopogon, see previous notes.[5]


Cited references

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Choaspes xanthopogon". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. Markku 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 (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 320–321, ser no I 4.2.

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