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Hyponephele davendra

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Hyponephele davendra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hyponephele
Species:
H. davendra
Binomial name
Hyponephele davendra
(Moore, 1865)

Hyponephele davendra, the white-ringed meadowbrown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It can be found from Iran to Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, the Himalayas, Tibet, and central Asia.

The wingspan is 38–45 mm. Adults are on wing in multiple generations per year.

Subspecies

  • Hyponephele davendra seravschana (Ghissarsky, Zeravshansky, Turkestansky Mountains)
  • Hyponephele davendra fergana (Alaisky Mountains, norther and Inner Tian-Shan)
  • Hyponephele davendra latistigma (Kopet-Dagh, southern Ghissar)

References

  1. ^ "Hyponephele Muschamp, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms