Mycalesis gotama

Mycalesis gotama

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Elymniini
Genus:	Mycalesis
Species:	M. gotama
Binomial name
*Mycalesis gotama* Moore, 1857
Synonyms
Mycalesis borealis C. & R. Felder, [1867] Mycalesis seriphus Fruhstorfer, 1911 Mycalesis pales Mell, 1942 Mycalesis charaka Moore, [1875] Sadarga oculata Moore, 1880 Calysisme periboea Butler, 1885

Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese Bushbrown, is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Assam, Burma ,the Northeast Himalayas and North Vietnam.

The larva feeds on Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus floridulus , Setaria palmifolia, Isachne globosa, Oryza sativa and Bambusa species.^[1]

Subspecies

M. g. gotama
M. g. charaka Moore, [1875] (Assam, North Vietnam, South China)
M. g. nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
M. g. fulginia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)

External links

images representing Mycalesis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

References

↑ Mycalesis funet.fi

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