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Scarce Evening Brown Cyllogenes janetae is a Brown butterfly that is found in the Himalayas. Cyllogenes janetae orientalis Monastyrskii,2005 is found in Vietnam.
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Range
The butterfly is found in the Himalayas in Sikkim, Bhutan, northern West Bengal, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.
Status
As per Evans it is "Very Rare".
Description
The Scarce Evening Brown is 90 to 95 mm in wingspan and broadly resembles the Melanitis Evening Browns, with rich brown colour above. The upper forewing has a broad yellow apical band which reaches the termen. The male, unlike Cyllogenes suradeva does not have a brand on the upper forewing.
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