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Erynnis pelias - Frosted Duskywing
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SE Tibet and W. China to E. Arunachal Pradesh in NE India.
This species was previously known from SE Tibet and W. China (Evans 1932; 1949). The spot record (BOI-cw522 to BOI-cw525) from Kibithoo, Anjaw District, eastern Arunachal Pradesh, is the first record of the species from India, reported here on 2018/03/25.
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| Total | 1 |
Unknown.
Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian butterflies. 2nd ed. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai.
Evans, W. H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History), London.
Evans, W. H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History), London.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Erynnis pelias (Leech, 1891) – Frosted Duskywing. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/erynnis-pelias, accessed 2024/04/16.