Satarupa nymphalis

Satarupa nymphalis
Satarupa nymphalis in Seitz 84d
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Satarupa
Species: S. nymphalis
Binomial name
Satarupa nymphalis
(Speyer, 1879) [1]

Satarupa nymphalis is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (SouthChina, Korea, Ussuri) that belongs to the skippers family.

Description from Seitz

S. nymphalis Spr. (84 d). This large species differs from the Indian gopala Moore in the white spot of the cell being reniform and extending right across the cell to its hind margin. Palpi yellow. Amurland and almost the whole of North and Central China.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Speyer, 1879 Neue Hesperiden der palaearktischen Faunengebietes Stettin ent. Ztg. 40 (7-9) : 342-352
  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)


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