Satarupa gopala

Large white flat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Satarupa
Species:
S. gopala
Binomial name
Satarupa gopala
Moore, 1865
Synonyms
  • Satarupa tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Satarupa malaya Evans, 1932

Satarupa gopala, commonly known as the large white flat, is a species of skipper butterfly found in parts of the Indomalayan region[1] , including India, Malaya, Thailand, Laos, China and Vietnam. It is the type species for the genus Satarupa.[2]

Subspecies

  • Satarupa gopala gopala (Sikkim, Assam, northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, Hainan)
  • Satarupa gopala malaya vans, 1932

References

  1. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  2. ^ Swinhoe C (1907). "On the species of Hesperidae from the Indo-Malayan and African Regions described by Herr Plotz, with descriptions of some new species". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 1–36.


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