Biology:Mandarinia

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Mandarinia
Mandarinia regalis, figure 2 male, 2a female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mandarinia Leech, [1892]
Species:	M. regalis
Binomial name
Mandarinia regalis (Leech, 1889)
Synonyms
Mycalesis regalis Leech, 1889 Mandarinia regalis duchessa Fruhstorfer, 1913 Mandarinia regalis callotaenia Fruhstorfer, 1913

Mandarinia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae (Satyrinae). Its single species is Mandarinia regalis which has three subspecies.

Subspecies

• Mandarinia regalis regalis (West China, Central China, Burma)
• Mandarinia regalis baronesa Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Indo China, Burma, South Yunnan)
• Mandarinia regalis obliqua Zhao, 1994 (Sichuan)

A second species, Mandarinia uemurai, Sugiyama, 1993 is described from Dujiangya Sichuan, China.

References

"Mandarinia Leech, [1892]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q13846322 entry