''Mimathyma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
butterflies 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 ...
found in eastern and southern Asia. The genus was erected by
Frederic Moore in 1896.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
* ''
Mimathyma ambica''
(Kollar, 844
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Battle of Mauropotamos: A Byzantine expedition under ...
– Indian purple emperor
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Mimathyma chevana
''Mimathyma chevana'', the sergeant emperor, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.
There are two subspecies:
*''M. c. chevana'' Sikkim, Assam, northern Myanmar
*''M. c ...
''
(Moore, 865
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Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. C ...
– sergeant emperor
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Mimathyma nycteis
''Mimathyma nycteis'' is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Amurland, Korea, Northeast China) that belongs to the browns family.
Description from Seitz
A. nycteis Men. (51c) has less elongate wings than the preceding species A. fulv ...
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(Ménétriès, 1859) (Amurland, Korea, northeast China)
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Mimathyma schrenckii
''Mimathyma schrenckii '' is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Amurland to Korea, Northeast China) that belongs to the Nymphalidae family.
Subspecies
*''M. s. schrenckii'' Amurland to Korea, north-eastern China
*''M. s. laeta'' (Obert ...
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(Ménétriès, 1858) – Schrenck's emperor (Amurland, Korea, northeast China)
References
External links
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Apaturinae
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Nymphalidae genera
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