Mimathyma chevana
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Mimathyma chevana in Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 6 as Apatura chevana | |
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Mimathyma chevana |
Mimathyma chevana, the sergeant emperor, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.
There are two subspecies:
- M. c. chevana Sikkim, Assam, northern Myanmar
- M. c. leechii Moore, [1896] western and central China
Mimathyma chevana mimics Athyma opalina.
References
- ^ Moore (1866). "On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1865 (3): 755-823, pl. 41-43.
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