Aulocera merlina

Aulocera
	Aulocera merlina in Seitz (41e)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Aulocera
Species:	A. merlina
Binomial name
	Aulocera merlina; Oberthür, 1890

Aulocera merlina is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to China (Sichuan, Yunnan). Subspecies A. m. pulcheristriata Huang, 2001 is described from Tibet (type locality between Quzhu and Genong, Nujiang Valley, Tibet).

Description from Seitz

S. merlina Oberth. (41 e). In size, facies and colour similar to circe, but on the forewing the portion of the white band which lies below the apical ocellus is divided by the interposition of black spots, and the cell of the forewing beneath bears a white longitudinal stripe. — In western China, widely distributed, and not rare, from June till August.^[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Gramineae.

References

^ Oberthür, 1890 Lépidoptères de Chine Étud. d'Ent. 13 : 35-45, pl. 9-10
^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Oberthür, 1890 Lépidoptères de Chine Étud. d'Ent. 13 : 35-45, pl. 9-10

[2] Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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