Biology:Palaeonympha

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Palaeonympha
Specimen of Palaeonympha opalina.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Palaeonympha
Butler, 1871
Species:
P. opalina
Binomial name
Palaeonympha opalina
Butler, 1871

Palaeonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Palaeonympha opalina, is found in Taiwan[1][2] and China .[3]

The larvae of subspecies macrophthalmia feed on Lophatherum gracile, Oplismenus undulatifolius (including var. microphyllus) and Miscanthus sinensis.[3]

Subspecies

  • Palaeonympha opalina opalina (China: Shaanxi, Hupei)
  • Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Taiwan)
  • Palaeonympha opalina bailiensis Yoshino, 2001 (China: northern Yunnan)

References

  1. Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Tolweb. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Palaeonympha Butler, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q7126464 entry