Mimathyma chevana

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Mimathyma chevana
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (PL. XVI) BHL45490862.jpg
Mimathyma chevana in Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 6 as Apatura chevana
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mimathyma
Species:
M. chevana
Binomial name
Mimathyma chevana
(Moore, 1865)[1]

Mimathyma chevana, the sergeant emperor, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.

There are two subspecies:

  • M. c. chevana Sikkim, Assam, northern Myanmar
  • M. c. leechii Moore, [1896] western and central China

Mimathyma chevana mimics Athyma opalina.

References[]

  1. ^ Moore (1866). "On the Lepidopterous Insects of Bengal". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1865 (3): 755-823, pl. 41-43.


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