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Calinaga cercyon

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Species of butterfly

Calinaga cercyon
Calinaga cercyon in Seitz (59e)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calinaga
Species: C. cercyon
Binomial name
Calinaga cercyon
de Nicéville, 1897

Calinaga cercyon is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to West China and East Tibet.

Description from Seitz

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C. cercyon Nicev. (59e) has the markings quite similar to -, but the ground is yellowish; moreover, the position of the distal spots of the forewing is somewhat different, so that we apparently have to do with a distinct species.— West China: Ta-tsien-lu.

References

  1. de Nicéville, 1897Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 66:550-551
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Calinaga cercyon


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