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Mimathyma chevana subsp. chevana Sergeant Emperor

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32. Mimathyma chevana chevana (Moore, [1866]) (Sergeant Emperor)

Remarks. On 07.xi.2019, one individual was sighted perching on bushes along roadsides in Jampui Hills (23°59’17” N & 92°16’46” E, ca. 350 m above msl.). This species is very rare throughout the state.

Current known distribution. Nepal, Myanmar, India (Sikkim 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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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Sergeant Emperor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Mimathyma
Species
chevana
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Mimathyma chevana subsp. chevana (Moore, 1866) 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.