Callerebia scanda, the pallid argus, is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas."Callerebia Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life FormsLepIndex shows this taxon as Satyrus swaha.[] LepIndex considers the genus Aulocera Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 4: 121, TS: Satyrus brahminus Blanchard to be a junior subjective synonym of Satyrus Latreille 1810 Cons. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 355, 440, TS: Papilio actaea Linnaeus.[
Range The butterfly is found in Afghanistan, and the Himalayas from Safed Koh, Astor, Chilas, Gilgit, Chitral, Kashmir and Kulu eastwards across to Sikkim.
Status As per William Harry Evans, it is common from Chitral to Sikkim, and not rare westwards.
See also Satyrinae Nymphalidae List of butterflies of India (Satyrinae)
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