''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
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
to
Nepal.Seitz describes it thus- ''lupinus'' Costa (47 e) is rather considerably larger than the forms
f ''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.
[ 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)]
References
External links
Butterflies of Bulgaria"''Hyponephele'' Muschamp, 1915"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Hyponephele
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Europe
Butterflies described in 1836
Taxa named by Oronzio Gabriele Costa