''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a

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of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from

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to Australia, and have a high diversity in

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and the

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. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and dry-season forms differing in many species, especially as regards size and number of underwing eyespots. ''Mycalesis'' superficially resemble the species '' Orsotriaena medus'', but can readily be identified by the number of spots.

Species

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Listed alphabetically: * '' Mycalesis adamsoni'' Watson, 1897 – Watson's bushbrown * '' Mycalesis adolphei'' (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843) – redeye bushbrown * '' Mycalesis aethiops'' Butler, 1868 * '' Mycalesis amoena'' Druce, 1873 * ''

Mycalesis anaxioides ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883 * ''

Mycalesis annamitica ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 – Annam bushbrown, tawny bush-brown * '' Mycalesis anapita'' Moore,

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/small> * '' Mycalesis anaxias'' Hewitson, 1862 – white-bar bushbrown * ''

Mycalesis arabella ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * ''

Mycalesis aramis ''Mycalesis aramis'' is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Luzon in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * ...

'' Hewitson, 1866 * ''

Mycalesis asophis ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Hewitson, 1862 * ''

Mycalesis atrata ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Röber, 1887 * ''

Mycalesis barbara ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * ''

Mycalesis bazochii ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) * ''

Mycalesis biformis ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Rothschild, 1916 * ''

Mycalesis bilineata ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * ''

Mycalesis bisaya ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * ''

Mycalesis cacodaemon ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Kirsch, 1877 * '' Mycalesis comes'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * ''

Mycalesis deficiens ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and d ...

'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis discobolus'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis dohertyi'' Elwes, 1891 * '' Mycalesis drusillodes'' (Oberthür, 1894) * '' Mycalesis duponcheli'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1830) * '' Mycalesis durga'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 * '' Mycalesis elia'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * '' Mycalesis evansii'' Tytler, 1914 – Tytler's bushbrown * '' Mycalesis evara'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis felderi'' Butler, 1868 * '' Mycalesis francisca'' (Stoll, 780 – lilacine bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis francisca formosana'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis fuscum'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Malayan bush-brown * ''

Mycalesis giamana ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterfly, butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymo ...

'' Parsons, 1986 * '' Mycalesis gotama'' Moore, 1857 – Chinese bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis gotama nanda'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis heri'' Moore, 1857 – Moore's bushbrown * '' Mycalesis horsfieldi'' (Moore, 892Malaysia, Java, Celebes. See aps – Horsfield's bush brown * '' Mycalesis igilia'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 – small long-brand bushbrown * '' Mycalesis igoleta'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * '' Mycalesis inayoshii'' Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1995 * '' Mycalesis inopia'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis intermedia'' (Moore, 892 – intermediate bushbrown * '' Mycalesis ita'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * '' Mycalesis itys'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> – Itys bush brown * '' Mycalesis janardana'' Moore, 1857 – Common Bush Brown, Janardana Bush Brown, Mottled Bush-Brown * '' Mycalesis khasia'' Evans, 1920 – palebrand bushbrown * '' Mycalesis lepcha'' (Moore, 1880) – Lepcha bushbrown * '' Mycalesis madjicosa'' Butler, 1868 * '' Mycalesis maianeas'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis malsarida'' Butler, 1868 – plain bushbrown * ''

Mycalesis malsara ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and ...

'' Moore, 1857 – white-line bushbrown * '' Mycalesis mamerta'' (Stoll, 780 – blind-eye bushbrown ** '' Mycalesis mamerata davisoni'' – Palni bushbrown * ''

Mycalesis manii ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and d ...

'' Doherty, 1886 * '' Mycalesis maura'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * '' Mycalesis mnasicles'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis meeki'' Rothschild, 1915 * '' Mycalesis mehadeva'' (Boisduval, 1832) * '' Mycalesis mercea'' Evans ('' nomen nudum''?) – Pachmarhi bushbrown * ''

Mycalesis messene ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and d ...

'' Hewitson, 1862 * '' Mycalesis mestra'' Hewitson, 1862 – white-edged bushbrown * '' Mycalesis mineus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – dark-branded bushbrownKirton, Laurence G. (2014). ''A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand.'' Oxford:John Beaufoy Publ., p.62. * '' Mycalesis misenus'' de Nicéville, 1889 – salmon-branded bushbrown * '' Mycalesis mnasicles'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis moorei'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> * '' Mycalesis mucia'' Hewitson, 1862 * '' Mycalesis mulleri'' Tennent, 2000 * '' Mycalesis mynois'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis mystes'' de Nicéville, 1891 - many-tufted bushbrown * '' Mycalesis nala'' C. & R. Felder, 1859 * '' Mycalesis nerida'' Grose-Smith, 1902 * '' Mycalesis nicotia'' Westwood,

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/small> – bright-eye bushbrown * '' Mycalesis oculus'' Marshall, 1880 – red-disc bushbrown * '' Mycalesis oroatis'' Hewitson, 1864 * ''

Mycalesis orseis ''Mycalesis orseis'', the purple bushbrown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-east Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia o ...

'' Hewitson, 1864 – purple bushbrown * '' Mycalesis panthaka'' Fruhstorfer, 1909 * ''

Mycalesis patiana ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and d ...

'' Eliot, 1969 * '' Mycalesis pitana'' Staudinger,

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/small> * ''

Mycalesis patnia ''Mycalesis patnia'', the glad-eye bushbrown, is a Satyrinae, satyrid butterfly found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Description Upperside: The male has a dark umber-brown ground colour slightly suffused with ochraceous. Forewings and hindw ...

'' Moore, 1857 – glad-eye bushbrown * '' Mycalesis perseoides'' (Moore, 892 – Pachmarhi bushbrown * '' Mycalesis perseus'' (Fabricius, 1775) – dingy bushbrown or common bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis perseus blasius'' (Fabricius, 1798) * '' Mycalesis pitana'' Staudinger,

/small> * '' Mycalesis phidon'' Hewitson, 1862 * '' Mycalesis radza'' Moore, 1878 * '' Mycalesis rama'' (Moore, 1892) – Cingalese bushbrown * '' Mycalesis sangaica'' Butler, 1877 – single ring bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis sangaica mara'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis shiva'' (Boisduval, 1832) * '' Mycalesis siamica'' Riley & Godfrey, 1921 * '' Mycalesis sirius'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Mycalesis splendens'' Mathew, 1887 * '' Mycalesis suaveolens'' Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883 – Wood-Mason's bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis suaveolens kagina'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis subpersa'' Rothschild, 1915 * '' Mycalesis sudra'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> * '' Mycalesis tagala'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * '' Mycalesis terminus'' (Fabricius, 1775) – orange bushbrown * '' Mycalesis thailandica'' Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1984 * '' Mycalesis thyateira'' (Fruhstorfer, 1911) * '' Mycalesis treadawayi'' Schröder, 1976 * '' Mycalesis unica'' Leech, 892/small> * '' Mycalesis valeria'' Grose-Smith, 1900 * '' Mycalesis valeriana'' Grose-Smith, 1900 * '' Mycalesis visala'' Moore,

/small> – long-brand bushbrown ** '' Mycalesis visala subdita'' – Tamil bushbrown * ''

Mycalesis wayewa ''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and d ...

'' Doherty, 1891 * '' Mycalesis zonata'' Matsumura, 1909 – South China bushbrown

References

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