Mandarinia
Genus of butterflies
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Mandarinia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae (Satyrinae). Its single species is Mandarinia regalis which has three subspecies.
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| Mandarinia regalis, figure 2 male, 2a female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Satyrinae |
| Genus: | Mandarinia Leech, [1892] |
| Species: | M. regalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mandarinia regalis (Leech, 1889) | |
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Subspecies
- Mandarinia regalis regalis (West China, Central China, Burma)
- Mandarinia regalis baronesa Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Indo China, Burma, South Yunnan)
- Mandarinia regalis obliqua Zhao, 1994 (Sichuan)
A second species, Mandarinia uemurai, Sugiyama, 1993 is described from Dujiangya Sichuan, China.
