Mycalesis gotama

Mycalesis gotama
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

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.

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

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

External links

Images representing Mycalesis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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

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