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Mycalesis gotama

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Elymniini

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Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese Bushbrown, is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Assam, Burma ,the Northeast Himalayas and North Vietnam.

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The larva feeds on Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus floridulus , Setaria palmifolia, Isachne globosa, Oryza sativa and Bambusa species.

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Subspecies

  • M. g. gotama
  • M. g. charaka Moore, [1875] (Assam, North Vietnam, South China)
  • M. g. nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
  • M. g. fulginia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)

    • References

    Mycalesis gotama Wikipedia
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