''Kirinia epimenides '' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

in 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 ...

( Satyrinae). It is found in the East Palearctic in Amur, eastern China, Korea, Ussuri, Japan.

Subspecies

*''Kirinia epimenides epimenides'' *''Kirinia epimenides atratus'' Kurentzov, 1941

References

Kirinia Butterflies described in 1859 Taxa named by Édouard Ménétries {{Satyrini-stub