Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus Kelaart 1852

Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus Kelaart 1852, Prodr. Faun. Zeylanica: 22.

Type Locality: Sri Lanka, Trincomalee.

Vernacular Names: Kelaart's Pipistrelle.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. ceylonicus Kelaart 1852

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. borneanus Hill 1963

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. indicus Dobson 1878

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. raptor Thomas 1904

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. shanorum Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. subcanus Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus) ceylonicus subsp. tongfangensis Wang 1966

Distribution: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Kwangsi and Hainan (China), Vietnam, Borneo.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Pipistrellus . Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).