Mycalesis lepcha

Lepcha bushbrown
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mycalesis
Species:	M. lepcha
Binomial name
	Mycalesis lepcha; (Moore, 1880)
Synonyms
	Mycalesis annamitica lepcha(but see text); (Moore, 1880); Mycalesis watsoni; Evans, 1912;

Last updated January 18, 2024

Mycalesis (annamitica) lepcha, the Lepcha bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in Asia. It is not resolved whether it is best considered a distinct species, or included in Mycalesis annamitica . It was formerly included in Mycalesis malsara .^[1]

Description

Wet-season form. Upperside very dark Vandyke brown; cilia whitish brown; the discal transverse white bar on the underside of the wings showing through very clearly, more distinctly on the forewing than on the hindwing; followed on both wings by two or three dark pale-ringed, generally non-pupilled ocelli, and subterminal and terminal pale slender lines. Underside: ground colour darker, the discal white bar and terminal slender line as on the upperside, but the former clear and well-defined inwardly, diffuse outwardly; forewing with four, hindwing with seven white-centred, fulvous-ringed, black ocelli; the rows of ocelli bordered on both sides by narrow crescentic pale purpurescent (purplish) marks forming somewhat irregular lines; subterminal line similar, lunular. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brown; club of the antennae ochraceous, marked with black on the inner side. Male sex-mark in form 2.

Dry-season form. Upperside similar but paler; the ocelli, especially on the hindwing, obscure or absent; the transverse white discal band on the wings seen by transmission from the underside narrow and very obscure. Underside: basal areas of wings up to the discal white band dark brown in the male, ochraceous brown in the female; the discal white band very narrow and ochraceous white; the terminal margins beyond purpurescent; ocelli minute; both forewings and hindwings irrorated with short, transverse, brown striae.

Race lepcha, Moore.—♂ ♀. The North-West Himalayan and Southern Indian race of M. malsara , closely resembling it in both the wet- and dry-season forms. It differs in having the transverse discal band crossing both wings very much narrower and not showing through at all on the upperside; the ocelli are very much smaller and more obsolescent. Underside in the dry-season form irrorated as in M. malsara with short, transverse, dark brown striae.^[1]^: 65

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References

1 2 Bingham, C.T. (1905). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma Butterflies . Vol. Butterflies volume 1 (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. Scanned copy.

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[bingham-1] 1 2 Bingham, C.T. (1905). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma Butterflies . Vol. Butterflies volume 1 (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. Scanned copy.

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