Mycalesis francisca

Mycalesis francisca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Elymniini
Genus:	Mycalesis
Species:	M. francisca
Binomial name
Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, [1780])
Synonyms
Papilio francisca Stoll, [1780] Mycalesis perdiccas Hewitson, 1862 Mycalesis magna Leech, [1892] Mycalesis penicillata Poujade, 1884 Mycalesis perdiccas var. horishana Matsumura, 1909 Mycalesis sanatana var. coronensis Matsumura, 1909 Mycalesis sanatana gomia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Mycalesis vercella Fruhstorfer, 1911 Mycalesis latistriata Mell, 1942 Mycalesis francisca formosana f. hirtia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Mycalesis sanatana Moore, [1858] Mycalesis gopa C. & R. Felder, [1867] Mycalesis albofasciata Tytler, 1914

Mycalesis francisca is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Assam , Burma and Indochina

The larva feeds on Imperata cylindrica, Miscanthus sinensis, Setaria palmifolia, Oplismenus undulatifolius

Subspecies

• M. f. francisca
• M. f. ulia Fruhstorfer, 1908 (North Vietnam)
• M. f. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
• M. f. sanatana Moore, [1858] (India to Burma, Thailand, Laos, South Yunnan)
• M. f. albofasciata Tytler, 1914 (Manipur, Burma, Northwest Yunnan)
• M. f. arisana Sonan, 1931 (Taiwan)
• M. f. perdiccas Hewitson, [1862] (Japan)

External links

• images representing Mycalesis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life