Mycalesis francisca Cramer, 1782 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Mycalesis francisca Cramer, 1782

Mycalesis francisca Cramer, 1782

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

Family
Genus
Mycalesis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Mycalesis francisca Cramer, 1782

Mycalesis francisca (Cramer, 1782) is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly. It is distributed in China, Japan, Korea, the Indian region of Assam, Burma, and Indochina. The larvae of this species feed on Imperata cylindrica, Miscanthus sinensis, Setaria palmifolia, and Oplismenus undulatifolius.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Mycalesis

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