Choaspes xanthopogon

Similar awlking
Choanthes xanthopogon in Charles von Hügel's Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleygebirge gesammelten Insekten
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Choaspes
Species:
C. xanthopogon
Binomial name
Choaspes xanthopogon
(Kollar, 1844)[1]

Choaspes xanthopogon,[2][3] the similar awlking,[4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.

Range

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The similar awlking is found in India along the Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal, Sikkim and Assam, Myanmar, western China and possibly Borneo.[2]

Status

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William Harry Evans wrote that the taxon similis is rare. Taxon similis is a synonym for xanthopogon, see previous notes.[5]

Cited references

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Choaspes xanthopogon​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera - page on genus Choaspes.
  3. ^ TOL web page on genus Choaspes
  4. ^ The common name Similar Awlking is that of taxon similis (vide Evans (1932)) which is not recognised as a valid species by Savela and by TOLWeb (ref its page on genus Choaspes). Taxon similis is now considered to be a synonym of taxon xanthopogon.
  5. ^ As per Evans,Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 320–321, ser no I 4.2.

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