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Mimathyma ambica subsp. ambica

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Description

31. Mimathyma ambica ambica (Kollar, [1844] (Indian Purple Emperor)

Remarks. Two individuals were sighted in Jampui Hills during mud-puddling near to a waterfall (23°59’17” N & 92°16’46” E, ca. 350 m above msl.), on 07.xi.2019. This species is rare throughout the state.

Current known distribution. Myanmar, India (Uttarakhand to Northeast India) (Van Gasse 2013; Varshney & Smetacek 2015).

Notes

Published as part of Bhowmik, Suman, 2021, Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India, pp. 35-60 in Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04, http://zenodo.org/record/10950112

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kollar
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Mimathyma
Species
ambica
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Mimathyma ambica subsp. ambica (Kollar, 1844) sec. Bhowmik, 2021

References

  • Van Gasse, P. (2013) Butterflies of India-annotated checklist. Butterflies of India, Kruibeke, Belgium, 161 pp.
  • Varshney, R. K. and Smetacek, P. (2015) A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing, New Delhi, ii + pp. 261, 8 pl.