title: Celaenorrhinus nigricans
text: # Celaenorrhinus nigricans
  
  Celaenorrhinus nigricans, also known as the small banded flat, is a species of hesperiid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.
  
  ## Range
  
  The butterfly occurs in India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and southern Yunnan, China. In India, the butterfly ranges from Sikkim eastwards to southern Myanmar.
  
  ## Status
  
  In 1932, William Harry Evans described the species as being not rare.
  
  ## Cited references
  
  * ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Celaenorrhinus nigricans​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  * 1 2 3 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Genus Celaenorrhinus, Subfamily Pyrginae, Family Hesperiidae
  * 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 326, ser no I11.17.
  