Choaspes xanthopogon
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Choaspes xanthopogon,[1][2] the similar awlking,[3] is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae.
Range
The similar awlking is found in India along the Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal, Sikkim and Assam, Myanmar, western China and possibly Borneo.[1]
Status
William Harry Evans wrote that the taxon similis is rare. Taxon similis is a synonym for xanthopogon, see previous notes.[4]
Cited references
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- ↑ a b Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera - page on genus Choaspes.
- ↑ TOL web page on genus Choaspes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ As per Evans,Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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See also
- Coeliadinae
- Hesperiidae
- List of butterflies of India (Coeliadinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
References
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Online
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- Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Choaspes Moore 1881. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Choaspes in The Tree of Life Web Project http://tolweb.org/.
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