Mycalesis gotama

Mycalesis gotama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mycalesis
Species:	M. gotama
Binomial name
Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857
Synonyms
Mycalesis borealisC. & R. Felder, [1867] Mycalesis seriphusFruhstorfer, 1911 Mycalesis palesMell, 1942 Mycalesis charakaMoore, [1875] Sadarga oculataMoore, 1880 Calysisme periboeaButler, 1885

Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese bushbrown, is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Assam, Burma, the northeastern Himalayas and northern Vietnam.

The larva feeds on Miscanthus sinensis , Miscanthus floridulus , Setaria palmifolia , Isachne globosa , Oryza sativa and Bambusa species. ^[1]

Subspecies

• M. g. gotama
• M. g. charakaMoore, [1875] (Assam, northern Vietnam, southern China)
• M. g. nandaFruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
• M. g. fulginiaFruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)

References

1. "Mycalesis Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Images representing Mycalesis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life