Aemona lena

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White dryad
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A. lena
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Aemona lena
Atkinson, 1872

Aemona lena, the white dryad, [1] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

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Distribution

In South East Asia the white dryad ranges from Myanmar (Karen Hills, the Shan Hills and around Maymyo) to Yunnan (south west China). [1] [2]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans wrote that the subspecies Aemona lena haynei, Tytler is not rare in the Shan States. The nominate subspecies, Aemona lena lena, Atkinson is rare in the Karen Hills. [2]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 "Aemona Hewitson, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 131.

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