''Mycalesis gotama'', the Chinese bushbrown, is an East
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
species of
satyrine 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 China, Japan, Assam, Burma, the northeastern Himalayas and northern Vietnam.
The larva feeds on ''
Miscanthus sinensis
''Miscanthus sinensis'', the eulalia or Chinese silver grass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to eastern Asia throughout most of China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
Description
It is an herbaceous perennial gras ...
'', ''
Miscanthus floridulus
''Miscanthus floridulus'', the Pacific Island silvergrass, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae.
Use
In the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua ...
'' , ''
Setaria palmifolia
''Setaria palmifolia'' is a species of grass known by the common names palmgrass, highland pitpit, hailans pitpit, short pitpit, broadleaved bristlegrass, and knotroot. In Spanish it is called ''pasto de palma'' and in Samoan ''vao 'ofe 'ofe''.< ...
'', ''
Isachne globosa
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'' and ''
Bambusa
''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft).
The ...
'' species.
"''Mycalesis'' Hübner, 1818"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Subspecies
*''M. g. gotama''
*''M. g. charaka'' Moore, 875
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Events
By place
Europe
* August 12 – Emperor Louis II dies in Brescia, after having named his c ...
/small> (Assam, northern Vietnam, southern China)
*''M. g. nanda'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
*''M. g. fulginia'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)
References
External links
Images representing ''Mycalesis''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
Mycalesis
Butterflies described in 1857
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