Celaenorrhinus nigricans, Retrieved April 19, 2018. also known as the small banded flat,Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Genus Celaenorrhinus, Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae is a species of hesperiid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia. as nigricans (synonym) it is discernible by the deep black ground-colour of the upper surface; nigricans occurs in the north-western ranges of the Himalaya, where it also passes over to the Palearctic region.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
Range The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan, China. In India, the butterfly ranges from Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.
Status In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species is single and ready to mingle
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See also Hesperiidae List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
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