''Athyma fortuna'' 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 ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It is found in the East

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 ...

Subspecies

*''A. f. diffusa'' Leech (Central China) *''A. f. kodahirai'' (Sonan, 1938) (Japan) *''A. f. guangxiensis'' Wang, 1994 (China: Guangxi)

References

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Butterflies described in 1889 Athyma Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by John Henry Leech {{Nymphalidae-stub