Capila phanaeus, commonly known as the fulvous 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 the northeast, namely, in Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Manipur and Mizoram (Lushai Hills) onto Myanmar (Maymyo, Karen Hills and Tavoy). It is also found in Indo-China in the countries of Thailand, southern Vietnam and Laos, in the Malay Peninsula as well as in Sumatra and Borneo.
The type locality is Sarawak, Malaysia.
Status This butterfly is considered rare.
See also Pyrginae Hesperiidae List of butterflies of India (Pyrginae) List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae)
Cited references
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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/