Biology:Ypthima tabella

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Ypthima tabella
Ypthima tabella by V K Chandrasekharan.jpg
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Y. tabella
Binomial name
Ypthima tabella
Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883

Ypthima tabella is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in South India, described by Marshall and De Nicéville in 1883.[1][2][3] Some experts still consider this as a subspecies of Ypthima philomela, baby fivering.[4][5][6]

Description

The upper side of the male is brown, uniform in color. Fore-wing has a bipupilled ocellus. Hind-wing has two submarginal ocelli between the median nervules. The underside is pale brown. Fore-wing has one ocellus. Hind-wing has six ocelli, placed in pairs. No sexual patch on fore-wing on upper-side.[1][7][8]

It can be distinguished from Ypthima philomela by the absence of sexual mark in the male.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 G. F. L., Marshall; Nicéville, Lionel de (1882). The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border; with numerous illustrations. Vol. II-III. Calcutta: Central Press Co., ld.. pp. 234. https://archive.org/stream/butterfliesofind01mars#page/234/mode/1up. 
  2. Kehimkar, Isaac (2016) (in English). Butterflies of India (2016 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 144. ISBN 9789384678012. 
  3. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/ypthima+tabella/match/1. 
  4. Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P.. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. (2015 ed.). New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 12. 
  5. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  6. LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Beccaloni G.W., Scoble M.J., Robinson G.S. & Pitkin B., 2005-06-15
  7. Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 133–134. https://archive.org/stream/butterfliesvolii00bing#page/132/mode/2up/. 
  8. Moore, Frederic (1893). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. II. 2. London: Lovell Reeve and Co.. pp. 73. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36597#page/151/mode/1up. 

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