Athyma Disjuncta
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Athyma disjuncta'' is a
butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
found in the
Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
that belongs to the browns family. It is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to China (West China and Central China)


Description from Seitz

P. disjuncta Leech (59c). On the upperside similar to the preceding species P. sulpitia'' Cr.">Athyma_sulpitia.html" ;"title="'Athyma sulpitia">P. sulpitia'' Cr., the forewing apparently somewhat more elongate, the cell-spots of the forewing rather different, especially on the underside. The hindwing below with a white streak before the costal vein, the basal spots less prominent, the discal band more erect, i. e. being posteriorly nearer the anal angle, and composed of broader ovate spots. Also the present species bears a certain resemblance to ''Limenitis helmanni">L. helmanni''. — Not rare in Central China (Chang- Yang), also in West China: Omei-shan, Moupin, etc.Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


References

Athyma Butterflies described in 1890 {{Limenitidinae-stub