Biology:Athyma opalina
| Himalayan sergeant | |
|---|---|
_at_Jayanti,_Duars,_West_Bengal_W_Picture_270.jpg)
| |
| At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India . | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Athyma |
| Species: | A. opalina
|
| Binomial name | |
| Athyma opalina (Kollar, 1844)
| |
Athyma opalina, the Himalayan sergeant, is a species of large, tailess nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical evergreen forest regions in Asia (India , Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan), ussualy at a elevation of 1200 meters to 3000 meters. A. opalina has a wingspan of 57 millimeters to 72 millimeters. Athyma oplina primary color is black with white as a associated color. Other colors on Athyma opalina include red, brown and orange.[1]
Adults of this species feed on nectar, sap and sometimes decaying organic matter while larva feed on some trees and grasses. They live for 12 months.[2]
References
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ.
Cited references
Gallery
At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India .
At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve.
At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve.
_at_Jayanti,_Duars,_West_Bengal_W_Picture_268.jpg)
_at_Jayanti,_Duars,_West_Bengal_W_Picture_267.jpg)
_at_Jayanti,_Duars,_West_Bengal_W_Picture_266.jpg)
Wikidata ☰ Q4815719 entry
 |  |
