shrubs from semi-evergreen, deciduous and secondary evergreen forests. The caterpillars have been recorded on Asystasia gangetica, Ecbolium linguistrinum, Eranthemum roseum, Nilgirianthus heyneanus, Nilgirianthus barbatus, Carvia callosa and Thelepaepale ixiocephala. Status It is common. It is the commonest of all Celaenorrhinus species occurring in India. The best period to see the common spotted flat is during the rainy season and months immediately after. The population decreases as winter and summer progresses and rises once again at the next monsoon. Gallery Cited references See also Hesperiidae List of butterflies of India (Hesperiidae) References Print Online Brower, Andrew V. Z., (2007). Celaenorrhinus Hübner 1819. Ancistrocampta C. Felder & R. Felder 1862 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym. Version 4 March 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Celaenorrhinus/95353/2007.03.04 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/. leucocera Common Spotted Flat Fauna of Pakistan Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina