List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae)

This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the subfamily Pyrginae of the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. The butterflies of this subfamily are commonly referred to as flats because of their habit of holding the wings flat at all times. They are also known as "angles", "elfs" or "grizzled skippers".

Chestnut angle (Odontoptilum angulatum), a pyrgine skipper found in India.

This list forms part of the full List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) which itself is part of the complete List of butterflies of India.

A total of 69 species belonging to 21 genera are found in India.

Checklist

Capila - dawnflies

Evans (1932) had listed the various species of Capila under a number of different genera:

• Orthopaetus group (dawnflies)
  • Lidderdale's dawnfly, Capila lidderdali (Elwes, 1888)[1][2][3]
  • Fulvous dawnfly, Capila phanaeus (Hewitson, 1867)[1][2][4]
• Capila group (striped dawnflies)
  • Pale striped dawnfly, Capila zennara (Moore, 1865)[1][2][5]
  • Striped dawnfly, Capila jayadeva (Moore, 1865)[1][2][6]
• Crossiura group (fringed dawnfly)
  • Fringed dawnfly, Capila pennicillatum (de Nicéville, 1893)[1][2][7]
• Calliana group (white dawnfly)
  • White dawnfly, Capila pieridoides (Moore, 1878)[1][2] (Calliana pieridoides as per LepIndex[8])

Caprona - angles

Golden angle, wet-season form

• Golden angle, Caprona ransonnetti (Felder, 1868)[9][10][11][12]
• Spotted angle, Caprona agama (Moore, 1857)[9][10]

Carcharodus - mallow skipper

• Mallow skipper, Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780)
• Carcharodus dravira (Moore, [1875])

Celaenorrhinus - spotted flats

• Malabar spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, 1865)[13]
• White-banded flat, Celaenorrhinus asmara (Butler, [1879])[13]
• Large streaked flat, Celaenorrhinus aspersa Leech, 1891[13]
• Dark yellow-banded flat, Celaenorrhinus aurivittata (Moore, [1879])[13]
• Himalayan yellow flat, Celaenorrhinus dhanada (Moore, 1865)[13]
• Velvet flat, Celaenorrhinus ficulnea (Hewitson, 1868)[13]
• Common spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, 1848)[13]
• Pied flat, Celaenorrhinus morena Evans, 1949[14]
• Small banded flat, Celaenorrhinus nigricans (de Nicéville, 1885)[13]
• Large spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus patula de Nicéville, 1889[13]
• Mussoorie pied flat, Celaenorrhinus pero Leech, 1894[13]
• Multispotted flat, Celaenorrhinus pulomaya (Moore, 1865)[13]
• Common spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus putra (Moore, 1865)
• Double spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus pyrrha de Nicéville, 1889[13]
• Celaenorrhinus ratna Frühstorfer, 1909[13]
• Tamil spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus ruficornis (Mabille, 1878)[13]
• Black flat, Celaenorrhinus spilothyrus (Felder, 1868)[13]
• de Nicéville's spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus sumitra (Moore, 1865)
• Scarce banded flat, Celaenorrhinus badia (Hewitson, 1877)[13]
• Bhutan flat, Celaenorrhinus flavocincta (de Nicéville, 1887)[15]
• Himalayan spotted flat, Celaenorrhinus munda (Moore, 1884)[13]

Chamunda - olive flat

• Olive flat, Chamunda chamunda (Moore, 1865)[16]

Coladenia - pied flats

Tricolur flat

• Brown pied flat, Coladenia agni (de Nicéville, 1883)[17]
• Tricolour pied flat, Coladenia indrani (Moore, 1865)[17]
• Elwes' pied flat, Coladenia agnioides Elwes & Edwards, 1897[17]

Ctenoptilum - tawny angle

• Tawny angle, Ctenoptilum vasava (Moore, 1865)[18]

Darpa - hairy angle

• Hairy angle, Darpa hanria (Moore, 1865)[19]
• Darpa striata (H. Druce, 1873)
• Darpa pteria (Hewitson, 1868)[19]

Gerosis - yellow-breast flats

• Common yellow-breast flat, Gerosis bhagava (Moore, [1866])[20]
• Dusky yellow-breast flat, Gerosis phisara (Moore, 1884)[20]
• Chinese yellow-breast flat, Gerosis sinica (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)[20]

Gomalia - marbled skipper

Marbled skipper

• African mallow/marbled skipper, Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)[21]

Lobocla - marbled flat

• Marbled flat, Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871)[22]

Mooreana - yellow flat

• Yellow flat, Mooreana trichoneura (M. t. pralaya, (Moore, 1865))[23]

Odina - zigzag flat

• Zigzag flat, Odina decoratus Hewitson, 1867[24]
• Odina hieroglyphica (Butler, 1870)[24]

Odontoptilum - chestnut angle

• Chestnut/banded angle, Odontoptilum angulatum (Felder, 1862)[25]

Pseudocoladenia

Fulvous pied flat

• Fulvous pied flat, Pseudocoladenia dan (Fabricius, 1787)[26] previously Coladenia dan
• Pseudocoladenia festa (Evans, 1949)[26]
• Pseudocoladenia fatua (Evans, 1949)[26]

Pyrgus - grizzled skippers

• Pyrgus alpinus (Erschoff, 1874)[27]
• Pyrgus cashmirensis Moore, 1874[27]

Sarangesa - small flats

Common small flat

• Common small flat, Sarangesa dasahara (Moore, 1865)[28]
• Spotted small flat, Sarangesa purendra (Moore, 1882)[28]
• Tiny flat, Sarangesa sati de Nicéville, 1891[28]

Satarupa - white flats

• Large white flat, Satarupa gopala (Moore, 1865)[29]
• Satarupa splendens Tytler, 1914[29]

Seseria - white flats

• Himalayan white flat, Seseria dohertyi Watson, 1863[30]
• Sikkim white flat, Seseria sambara (Moore, 1865)[30]

Spialia - grizzled skippers

• Indian grizzled skipper or Indian skipper, Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793)[31]
• Desert grizzled skipper, Spialia doris (Walker, 1870)[31]
• Zebra grizzled skipper, Spialia zebra (Butler, 1888)[31]

Tagiades - snow flats

Suffused snow flat

• Flat, Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914[32] (T. c. cynthia Evans, 1934)
• Ceylon snow flat, Tagiades distans Moore[32]
• Immaculate/large/suffused snow flat, Tagiades gana (Moore, 1865)[32][33]
• Common snow flat, Tagiades japetus (Stoll, 1781)[32]
• Water snow flat, Tagiades litigiosa (Möschler, 1878)[32]
• Spotted snow flat, Tagiades menaka (Moore, 1865)[32]
• Tagiades parra Frühstorfer, 1910[32]
• Tagiades toba de Nicéville, 1896[32]

Tapena - black angle

Black angle, dry-season form

Black angle, wet-season form

• Black angle, Tapena thwaitesi Moore, 1881[34][35][36]

See also

• Pyrginae
• Hesperiidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)

Cited references

1. Savela, Markku (21 October 2014). "Capila lidderdali (Elwes, 1888)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
2. Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Capila Moore 1866. Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). Page on genus Capila in [The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/]
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila lidderdali". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila phanaeus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
5. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila zennara". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
6. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila jayadeva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
7. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Capila pennicillatum". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
8. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Calliana pieridoides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
9. Savela, Markku (23 November 2014). "Caprona ransonnetii (Felder, 1868)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
10. TOL web page on genus Caprona
11. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Caprona ransonnettii". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
12. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Caprona agama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
13. Savela, Markku (26 March 2019). "Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
14. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus morena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
15. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus flavocincta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
16. Savela, Markku (20 October 2014). "Chamunda chamunda (Moore, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
17. Savela, Markku (20 October 2014). "Coladenia agni (de Nicéville, [1884])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
18. Savela, Markku (24 November 2012). "Ctenoptilum vasava (Moore, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
19. Savela, Markku (15 April 2012). "Darpa hanria Moore, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
20. Savela, Markku (20 October 2014). "Gerosis bhagava (Moore, [1866])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
21. Savela, Markku (1 July 2012). "Gomalia elma (Trimen, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
22. Savela, Markku (10 February 2019). "Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
23. Savela, Markku (20 October 2014). "Mooreana trichoneura (C. & R. Felder, 1860)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
24. Savela, Markku (28 November 2015). "Odina decoratus (Hewitson, 1867)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
25. Savela, Markku (20 October 2014). "Odontoptilum angulata (Felder, 1862)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
26. Savela, Markku (23 December 2018). "Pseudocoladenia dan (Fabricius, 1787)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
27. Savela, Markku (10 February 2019). "Pyrgus alpinus (Erschoff, 1874)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
28. Savela, Markku (2 January 2017). "Sarangesa dasahara Moore, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
29. Savela, Markku (10 February 2019). "Satarupa gopala Moore, [1866]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
30. Savela, Markku (26 November 2015). "Seseria dohertyi Watson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
31. Savela, Markku (10 February 2019). "Spialia galba (Fabricius, 1793)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
32. Savela, Markku (25 December 2018). "Tagiades cohaerens Mabille, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
33. Haribal, 1994:200 Mentions Tagiades parra gala Evans, 1949
34. Savela, Markku (24 November 2012). "Tapena thwaitesi Moore, [1881]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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36. TOL web page on genus Tapena thwaitesi

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