''Satarupa gopala'', the large white flat, is a species of
skipper butterfly found in parts of the
Indomalayan region
, including
India,
Malaya
Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:
Political entities
* British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...
,
Thailand,
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
and
Vietnam. It is the type species for the genus ''Satarupa''.
Subspecies
*''Satarupa gopala gopala'' (Sikkim, Assam, northern Thailand, Laos, northern Vietnam, Hainan)
*''Satarupa gopala malaya''
vans, 1932
References
Butterflies described in 1865
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Indochina
Tagiadini
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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