Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Pyrginae > Celaenorrhinini > Celaenorrhinus
Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Spotted Flat
Subspecies in India:
No subspecies are listed under this species.
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Celaenorrhinus leucocera – Common Spotted Flat
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Asystasia gangetica (Kunte 2006), Ecbolium ligustrinum (Bell 1923a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Eranthemum roseum (Davidson et al. 1897; Bell 1923a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Nilgirianthus barbatus (Kunte 2006), Nilgirianthus heyneanus (Kunte 2006), Strobilanthes angustifrons (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Strobilanthes callosus (Bell 1923a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Strobilanthes ciliata (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Strobilanthes integrifolia(P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Thelepaepale ixiocephala (Kunte 2006) (Acanthaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Hesperiidae > Pyrginae > Celaenorrhinini > Celaenorrhinus
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Saji, K., H. Ogale & Prashanth S. N. 2020. Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Spotted Flat. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.76. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/670/Celaenorrhinus-leucocera
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