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Cyllogenes janetae

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Cyllogenes janetae
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From Arunachal Pradesh
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cyllogenes
Species:
C. janetae
Binomial name
Cyllogenes janetae

Cyllogenes janetae, the scarce evening brown is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.[1] Subspecies Cyllogenes janetae orientalis Monastyrskii, 2005 is found in Vietnam.

Range

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The butterfly is found in the Himalayas in Sikkim, Bhutan, northern West Bengal, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.[1]

Status

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In 1932 William Harry Evans described it as very rare.[2]

Description

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The scarce evening brown is 90 to 95 mm in wingspan and broadly resembles the Melanitis evening browns, with rich brown colour above. The upper forewing has a broad yellow apical band which reaches the termen. The male, unlike Cyllogenes suradeva does not have a brand on the upper forewing.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Cyllogenes Butler, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 127, ser no D23.2.
  3. ↑ Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 125. ISBN 978-8170192329. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)