Ypthima ceylonica

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White fourring
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Sri Lanka
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Tamil Nadu, India
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ypthima
Species:
Y. ceylonica
Binomial name
Ypthima ceylonica
Hewitson, 1865

Ypthima ceylonica, the white fourring, [1] [2] is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in Sri Lanka and India. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 180–181. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN   978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818 Rings Ringlets". Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. ↑ Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 143–144.
  4. ↑ Moore, Frederic (1893). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. II. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 81–82.

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