Biology:Hyponephele lupina
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Oriental meadow brown | |
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| Underside of female (left) and male (right) from Adalbert Seitz | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hyponephele |
| Species: | H. lupina
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa, 1836)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hyponephele lupinus | |
Hyponephele lupina, the Oriental meadow brown or branded meadowbrown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa, south western Europe, southern Russia , Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Middle Asia, Iran and from Baluchistan to Nepal.Seitz describes it thus- lupinus Costa (47 e) is rather considerably larger than the forms [of Epinepele] so far named; the rusty yellow on the underside of the forewing is brighter, the underside of the hindwing strongly speckled. Southern Italy, Greece.[1]
References
- ↑ Seitz. A. in 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.
External links
- Butterflies of Bulgaria
- Leps Italy
- Lepidoptera Turkey
- "Hyponephele Muschamp, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q3264067 entry
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