Ypthima newara

Last updated

Ypthima newara
Mating pair of Ypthima newara Moore, 1875 - Newar Three-ring WLB IMG 0716.jpg
Underside (mating pair)
Open wing moisture sucking position of Ypthima newara Moore, (1875) - Newar Three-ring.jpg
Female upperside
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Satyrina
Genus: Ypthima
Species:
Y. newara
Binomial name
Ypthima newara
Moore, 1875
Synonyms

Ypthima nareda newara

Ypthima newara, also known as the Newar threering is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Himalayas from Pakistan to China. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1875. [1]

Contents

Description

The upperside of the male is brown. The forewing has a single subapical ocellus, while the hindwing has two ocelli, one of which is bipupiled and the other has a single pupil. The upperside of the female is similar to the male except it has one ocellus on both wings. [2] [3]

The underside is yellowish grey and partly covered with numerous short strigae. The forewing has a single bipupiled ocelli while the hindwing has three. The apical ocellus is very large, the anal ocellus is bipupiled while the rest have a single pupil. Both sexes have the same underside. [2]

This species is separated from the similar Ypthima nareda by being larger and by having the position of the ocellus on the forwing less inwardly oblique. [2]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

References

  1. ↑ Royal Entomological Society of London (1836). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Smithsonian Libraries. London, The Society.
  2. 1 2 3 Zoological Society of London (1874). Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. London Natural History Museum Library. London : Zoological Society of London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ Seitz, Adalbert (1908). Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde : eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Grossschmetterlinge. London Natural History Museum Library. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. ↑ Huang, Hao (2001). Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera).
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.