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Other proposed subspecies, both from peninsular India, are whistleri (described from Muddur, in Karnataka) and sola (from Pondicherry, in Tamil Nadu), both considered unsustainable and included in flaviventris.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

• flaviventris (Hermann, 1804)   -  Peninsular India (east to western Meghalaya) and Bangladesh.
• zeylonica (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  Sri Lanka.

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