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Nymphalidae

849 species · Animals

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Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862

Mycalesis anaxias is a butterfly species with distinct wet-season and dry-season wing forms, with a 51–60 mm wingspan.

Mycalesis francisca Cramer, 1782

Mycalesis francisca is an East Palearctic satyrine butterfly with larvae that feed on several grass species.

Mycalesis visala Moore, 1857

Mycalesis visala Moore, 1857 is a brush-footed butterfly closely resembling M. mineus, with distinct forewing and sex-mark traits.

Mycalesis perseoides (Moore)

Mycalesis perseoides is a butterfly closely resembling M. mineus, differing primarily in its male forewing sex-mark.

Mycalesis fuscum (Felder, 1860)

Mycalesis fuscum, the Malayan bush brown, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, and Nias.

Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864

Mycalesis orseis (purple bushbrown) is a nymphalid butterfly found in South-east Asia.

Mycalesis anapita Moore, 1857

Mycalesis anapita Moore, 1857 is a grassland species commonly found in low, disturbed, well-lit habitats with Poaceae host plants.

Mycalesis subdita (Moore)

Mycalesis subdita is a butterfly species close to M. mineus, with distinguishable male sex-mark and distinct wet and dry season brood forms.

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Mycalesis anynana Butler, 1879

Mycalesis anynana, the squinting bush brown, is a small brown fruit-feeding butterfly native to eastern Africa.

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Mycalesis rhacotis Hewitson, 1866

Bicyclus rhacotis, the Rhacotis bush brown, is a nymphalid butterfly found in central East African deep forests.

Bicyclus dorothea

Bicyclus dorothea (the light bush brown) is a nymphalid butterfly found across much of western and central Africa.

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Mycalesis vulgaris Butler, 1868

Bicyclus vulgaris, the vulgar bush brown, is a Nymphalidae butterfly found across much of Africa, with larvae that feed on Poaceae.

Henotesia narcissus (Fabricius, 1798)

Heteropsis narcissus is a nymphalid butterfly found on Madagascar and nearby Indian Ocean islands, whose larvae feed on poaceous plants.

Heteropsis perspicua (Trimen, 1873)

Heteropsis perspicua is a butterfly species with seasonal forms found across southern and eastern Africa, whose larvae feed on Poaceae grasses.

Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Maniola jurtina is a sexually dimorphic European butterfly with variable eyespots, distinct forms and subspecies, and grass-feeding larvae.

Maniola telmessia Zeller, 1847

Maniola telmessia Zeller, 1847 is a butterfly form found in Cyprus and nearby Asia Minor, with distinct wing and scent-patch traits.

Aphantopus hyperantus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aphantopus hyperantus, the ringlet, is a Palearctic medium-sized brown butterfly whose larvae feed on grasses.

Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Pyronia tithonus, the gatekeeper butterfly, is a European grass-feeding pollinator butterfly that prefers warm hedgerow habitats.

Pyronia cecilia Vallantin, 1894

Pyronia cecilia, the southern gatekeeper, is a butterfly found in southern Europe and northern Africa that feeds on grasses including Deschampsia cespitosa.

Hyponephele lycaon von Rottemburg, 1775

Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown, is a 40 mm wingspan Palearctic Nymphalidae butterfly whose larvae eat grasses.

Hyponephele lupinus Costa, 1836

Hyponephele lupinus is a Nymphalidae butterfly found across parts of Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

Proterebia afra (Fabricius, 1787)

Proterebia afra is a butterfly species with several described forms distributed across parts of Eurasia, found in rocky spring habitats.

Melanargia arge Sulzer, 1776

Melanargia arge, the Italian marbled white, is an endemic Nymphalidae butterfly found only in parts of Italy and Sicily.

Melanargia lachesis Hübner, 1790

Melanargia lachesis is a butterfly species found in Iberia and southern France, with characteristic wing markings and size.

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