Aulocera brahminus

Narrow-banded Satyr
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aulocera
Species: A. brahminus
Binomial name
Aulocera brahminus
Moore, 1801

Narrow-banded Satyr Aulocera brahminus is a Brown butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.[1][2]

Range

The butterfly is found in the Himalayas from Kashmir eastwards to Garhwal, Kumaon, Nepal and Sikkim.[3]

Status

As per Evans, it is "Common".[3]

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

The Narrow-banded Satyr is 55 to 68 mm in wingspan.[3]

The Narrow-banded satyrs are large powerfully built Himalayan butterflies which are black or very dark brown above. They are characterised by a white discal band across both wings. The hindwing band is narrow and even in width. The white discal spots in 1 to 4 along the inner edge of the forewing are in line. The wings are rounded with convex termens and have checquered fringes. A dark apical spot or ocellus is present on the forewing. The under hindwing is dark below, with beautiful white variegations not as prominent as the dark background.[3][4]

The tegumen is gradually sloped to the tip.[3]

Earlier Aulocera brahminoides was considered a subspecies of A. brahminus. In A. brahminus, the under-forewing apical ocellus is well-defined and prominently pupilled while in A. brahminoides it is less well defined, much smaller and darker. The upper-hindwing discal band to dorsum, which is a characteristic feature in A. brahminus is much curved in the case of A. brahminoides.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Aulocera genus. (Accessed on 01 Aug 2009).
  2. ↑ LepIndex shows this taxon as Satyrus swaha. LepIndex considers the genus Aulocera Butler, 1867; Ent. mon. Mag. 4: 121, TS: Satyrus brahminus Blanchard. to be a junior subjective synonym of Satyrus Latreille 1810 Cons. gén. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins.: 355, 440, TS: Papilio actaea Linnaeus .
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 116, ser no D11.1.
  4. ↑ Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-8170192329.

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