Capila pieridoides, commonly known as the white 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 in north-east Bengal and Assam and eastwards onto Myanmar (Dawnas). It is also found in Thailand and western China.
The type locality is northeast Bengal.
Status It is considered rare.
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/