''Athyma recurva'' 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 Tibet).

Description from Seitz

P. recurva Leech (59c). Similar to the preceding 'Athyma disjuncta'' Leech, 1890">Athyma_disjuncta.html" ;"title="'Athyma disjuncta">'Athyma disjuncta'' Leech, 1890 but the cell-spots of the forewing different and the exterior macular band of the hindwing is nearer the margin. Underside red-brown, the spots as above, but better developed, on the hindwing there runs a white curved stripe along the costal vein from the base to the first spot of the discal band, which it sometimes joins. The edges of the band rather straight, but the exterior edge may also be dentate, otherwise only transected by the dark veins. The female is larger and bears enlarged white spots. Appears to be very rare. — West China: Moupin, Wa-shan, in June.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 1893 Taxa named by John Henry Leech Butterflies of Asia {{Limenitidinae-stub