Kingdom Animalia Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Aulocera swaha Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Aulocera Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Aulocera saraswati, Callerebia scanda, Butterflies and moths, Lasiommata schakra, Ypthima sakra | ||
Common Satyr Aulocera swaha is a Brown butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.
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Range
The butterfly is found in the Himalayas in Afghanistan, and the Himalayas from Safed Koh, Astor, Chilas, Gilgit, Chitral, Kashmir and Kulu eastwards across to Sikkim.
Status
As per Evans, it is "Common" from Chitral to Sikkim, and "Not Rare" westwards.
Description
The Common Satyr is 60 to 70 mm in wingspan. Dark brown above, basically ground colour with a bronze sheen. With a white band across both wings. The band varies from white to bright yellow and narrows towards the dorsum on the hindwing which it never reaches (except rarely in the females). It has a chequered fringe and a dark apical spot or ocellus on the forewing. The under hindwing is beautifully variegated with brown, white and grey. The colour below is paler than that of the Great Satyr Aulocera padma {Kollar 1844} which is a larger and commoner butterfly.