Mycalesis gotama

Mycalesis gotama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mycalesis
Species:	M. gotama
Binomial name
Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857
Synonyms
Mycalesis borealis C. & R. Felder, [1867] Mycalesis seriphus Fruhstorfer, 1911 Mycalesis pales Mell, 1942 Mycalesis charaka Moore, [1875] Sadarga oculata Moore, 1880 Calysisme periboea Butler, 1885

Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese bushbrown, is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Assam, Burma, the northeastern Himalayas and northern Vietnam.

The larva feeds on Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus floridulus , Setaria palmifolia, Isachne globosa, Oryza sativa and Bambusa species.

Subspecies

• M. g. gotama
• M. g. charaka Moore, [1875] (Assam, northern Vietnam, southern China)
• M. g. nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
• M. g. fulginia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)

External links

• Images representing Mycalesis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life