Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857

Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857

Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese bushbrown, is an East Palearctic satyrine butterfly found across parts of East and Southeast Asia.

Family
Genus
Mycalesis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857

Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857, commonly called the Chinese bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly species belonging to the East Palearctic region. It can be found in China, Japan, Assam, Burma, the northeastern Himalayas, and northern Vietnam. The larvae of this butterfly feed on the following plant species: Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus floridulus, Setaria palmifolia, Isachne globosa, Oryza sativa, and species in the Bambusa genus.

Photo: (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Mycalesis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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