Aphantopus maculosa

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Aphantopus maculosa
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Aphantopus maculosa in Seitz (45g)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aphantopus
Species:
A. maculosa
Binomial name
Aphantopus maculosa
Leech, 1890 [1]

Aphantopus maculosa is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to China.

Description from Seitz

A. maculosa Leech (45 g). Forewing above and beneath with 3 eye -rings; hindwing above with 2, beneath with 5 eye-rings; all the ocelli without ocelli above. — Chang-Yang, singly, in July. [2]

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References

  1. Leech, 1890 New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
  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) PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .