Mycalesis gotama

Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese bushbrown, is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Assam, Burma, the northeastern Himalayas and northern Vietnam.

Mycalesis gotama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
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

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, northern Vietnam, southern China)
  • M. g. nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
  • M. g. fulginia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)

References
  1. "Mycalesis Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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