Capila zennara, commonly known as the pale striped dawnfly,TOL web page on genus CapilaMarkku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Capila. is a species of hesperid butterfly found in tropical Asia.
Range The butterfly occurs in Sikkim, Bhutan, Northeast India, and has also been recorded in northern Thailand.Watson, E. Y. (1891) Hesperiidae indicae. Vest and Co. Madras.
The type locality is Bengal.
Description
In 1891, Edward Yerbury Watson gave a detailed description:
Watson also adds:
Cited references
See also Pyrginae Hesperiidae List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae) List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
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/