About Hyponephele lupinus Costa, 1836
Hyponephele lupinus (originally published by Costa in 1836; commonly misspelled as Hyponephele lupina) is a butterfly species known by the common names Oriental meadow brown or branded meadowbrown. It belongs to the butterfly family Nymphalidae. This species is found across North Africa, southwestern Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Middle Asia, Iran, and the region from Baluchistan to Nepal. Seitz provided the following description of the species: lupinus Costa (47 e) is rather considerably larger than the forms of Epinepele described before it; the rusty yellow coloration on the underside of its forewing is brighter, and the underside of its hindwing is strongly speckled. It was recorded from Southern Italy and Greece in this description.
