| Aulocera brahminoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Aulocera |
| Species: | A. brahminoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulocera brahminoides Moore, 1896 | |
Aulocera brahminoides is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.
Range
The butterfly is found in the Himalayas including Sikkim, the Chumbi Valley and Tibet.
Status
In 1932 William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare in the Chumbi Valley.
Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.Earlier Aulocera brahminoides was considered a subspecies of A. brahminus.
Aulocera brahminoides is 50 to 60 mm in wingspan and its smaller than A. brahminus.
The narrow-banded satyrs are large, powerfully built Himalayan butterflies which are black or very dark brown above. They are characterised by a white discal band across both wings. The hindwing band is narrow and even in width. The white discal spots in 1 to 4 along the inner edge of the forewing are in line. The wings are rounded with convex termens and have chequered fringes. A dark apical spot or ocellus is present on the forewing. The under hindwing is dark below, with beautiful white variegations not as prominent as the dark background.
The tegumen is gradually sloped to the tip.
In A. brahminus, the under-forewing apical ocellus is well-defined and prominently pupilled while in A. brahminoides it is less well defined, much smaller and darker. The upper-hindwing discal band to dorsum, which is a characteristic feature in A. brahminus is much curved in the case of A. brahminoides.
See also
References
- ^ "Aulocera Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- LepIndex shows this taxon as Satyrus swaha. LepIndex considers the genus Aulocera Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 4: 121, TS: Satyrus brahminus Blanchard. to be a junior subjective synonym of Satyrus Latreille 1810 Cons. gÊn. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 355, 440, TS: Papilio actaea Linnaeus.
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 116, ser no D11.1. as subspecies of A. brahminus.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 108â109. ISBN 978-8170192329.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Aulocera brahminoides | |