| Calinaga cercyon | |
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| Calinaga cercyon in Seitz (59e) | |
Scientific 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 [1] | |
Calinaga cercyon is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to West China and East Tibet.
C. cercyon Nicev. (59e) has the markings quite similar to [saka Moore form of Calinaga buddha ] -, 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. [2]
Alope was in Greek mythology a mortal woman, the daughter of Cercyon, known for her great beauty.
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Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, was a German physician and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a director of the Frankfurt zoo from 1893 to 1908 and is best known for editing the multivolume reference on the butterflies and larger moths of the world Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde which continued after his death.
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