| White dawnfly | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Capila |
| Species: | C. pieridoides |
| Binomial name | |
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Capila pieridoides (Moore, 1878)() |
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Capila pieridoides, the white dawnfly, is a species of hesperid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia.
The butterfly occurs in India in north-east Bengal and Assam and eastwards onto Myanmar (Dawnas). It is also found in Thailand and west China.
The type locality is northeast Bengal.
It is considered rare.
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