Biology:Aphantopus maculosa

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Aphantopus maculosa
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Aphantopus maculosa in Seitz (45g)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aphantopus
Species:
A. maculosa
Binomial name
Aphantopus maculosa
Leech, 1890 [1]

Aphantopus maculosa is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to China.

Description from Seitz

A. maculosa Leech (45 g). Forewing above and beneath with 3 eye -rings; hindwing above with 2, beneath with 5 eye-rings; all the ocelli without ocelli above. — Chang-Yang, singly, in July.[2]

References

  1. Leech, 1890 New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13383831 entry