Mycalesis francisca
Species of butterfly
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Mycalesis francisca is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Korea, India (Assam), Burma and Indochina
| Mycalesis francisca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mycalesis |
| Species: | M. francisca |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycalesis francisca | |
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The larva feeds on Imperata cylindrica, Miscanthus sinensis, Setaria palmifolia and Oplismenus undulatifolius
Subspecies
- M. f. francisca
- M. f. ulia Fruhstorfer, 1908 (northern Vietnam)
- M. f. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
- M. f. sanatana Moore, [1858] (India to Burma, Thailand, Laos, South Yunnan)
- M. f. albofasciata Tytler, 1914 (Manipur, Burma, Northwest Yunnan)
- M. f. arisana Sonan, 1931 (Taiwan)
- M. f. perdiccas Hewitson, [1862] (Japan)