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(Redirected from Palaeonympha opalina) Genus of butterflies

Palaeonympha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Euptychiina
Genus: Palaeonympha
Butler, 1871
Species: P. opalina
Binomial name
Palaeonympha opalina
Butler, 1871

Palaeonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Palaeonympha opalina, is found in Taiwan and China.

The larvae of subspecies macrophthalmia feed on Lophatherum gracile, Oplismenus undulatifolius (including var. microphyllus) and Miscanthus sinensis.

Subspecies

  • Palaeonympha opalina opalina (China: Shaanxi, Hupei)
  • Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Taiwan)
  • Palaeonympha opalina bailiensis Yoshino, 2001 (China: northern Yunnan)

References

  1. Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Tolweb. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Palaeonympha Butler, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Palaeonympha


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