Mycalesis anapita | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Mycalesis |
Species: | M. anapita
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Binomial name | |
Mycalesis anapita
Moore, [1858]
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Mycalesis anapita, the tawny bush-brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in southern Burma, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. [1]
Underside orange brown. The edges of the forewing and hindwing display rusty-brown lines with about 11 eyespots along the wing margins. [1] The upperside from the apex to the tornus displays deep orange brown with black forewing border. [1]
Mycalesis anapita is known as an open grassland species that prefers well-lit areas dominated with Poaceae species. [2] It is commonly found low to the ground, in disturbed habitats such as Acacia manfium and palm oil plantations. [3] [4]
The larval host plant for Mycalesis anapita caterpillars are from the family Gramineae. [5] This species is also commonly found along service roads neighbouring primary rainforest, due to the abundance of larval host plants invading, which is also known as a disturbance corridor. [6]
Mycalesis anapita | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Mycalesis |
Species: | M. anapita
|
Binomial name | |
Mycalesis anapita
Moore, [1858]
|
Mycalesis anapita, the tawny bush-brown, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in southern Burma, southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. [1]
Underside orange brown. The edges of the forewing and hindwing display rusty-brown lines with about 11 eyespots along the wing margins. [1] The upperside from the apex to the tornus displays deep orange brown with black forewing border. [1]
Mycalesis anapita is known as an open grassland species that prefers well-lit areas dominated with Poaceae species. [2] It is commonly found low to the ground, in disturbed habitats such as Acacia manfium and palm oil plantations. [3] [4]
The larval host plant for Mycalesis anapita caterpillars are from the family Gramineae. [5] This species is also commonly found along service roads neighbouring primary rainforest, due to the abundance of larval host plants invading, which is also known as a disturbance corridor. [6]