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Mimathyma chevana
Mimathyma chevana in Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 6 as Apatura chevana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mimathyma
Species:	M. chevana
Binomial name
Mimathyma chevana (Moore, 1865)

Mimathyma chevana, the sergeant emperor, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.

There are two subspecies:

• M. c. chevana Sikkim, Assam, northern Myanmar
• M. c. leechii Moore, western and central China

Mimathyma chevana mimics Athyma opalina.

References

1. Moore, Frederic (January 1865). "On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 33 (1): 755–823, pl. 41–43. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1865.tb02432.x.

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