Capila penicillatum, commonly known as the fringed dawnfly,TOL web page on genus CapilaMarkku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Capila. is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.
Range The butterfly occurs in India from Meghalaya (Khasi hills) eastwards to Canton, northern Vietnam and Hainan.
The type locality is the Khasi Hills.
Status It is very rare.
Cited references
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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/