Sephisa princeps
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Sephisa |
| Species: | S. princeps
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Sephisa princeps is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Heinrich Fixsen in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri), north-eastern China and Korea. The habitat consists of oak forests.
Behaviour and ecology
[edit]Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[2] Larvae of first two instars live gregariously. There are a total of five instars.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- Sephisa princeps princeps
- Sephisa princeps tsekouensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Yunnan)
- Sephisa princeps chinensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Hupei)
References
[edit]- ^ "Sephisa Moore, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ lepidopterology.com
- ^ Russian Insects
- Sephisa princeps at Insecta.pro
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