Sinhalese five-ring | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Ypthima |
Species: | Y. singala
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Binomial name | |
Ypthima singala
Felder, 1868
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Ypthima singala, the jewel four-ring [1] or Sinhalese five-ring, [2] is a species of Satyrinae butterfly. It is endemic to Sri Lanka [2] and south India. [3]
Adult Ypthima singala show sexual dimorphism. In male specimens, the dorsal surface of both wings is brownish and one large eye-spot and a series of smaller eyespots are found on the ventral surface of the forewing. This large eyespot can be seen very faintly on the dorsal surface. In female specimens, a prominent eye-spot is found on the dorsal surface of the forewing. Few small eyespots are found above the outer margin of the hind wing. [4] Larval food plant is Axonopus compressus. [1]
Sinhalese five-ring | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Ypthima |
Species: | Y. singala
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Binomial name | |
Ypthima singala
Felder, 1868
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Ypthima singala, the jewel four-ring [1] or Sinhalese five-ring, [2] is a species of Satyrinae butterfly. It is endemic to Sri Lanka [2] and south India. [3]
Adult Ypthima singala show sexual dimorphism. In male specimens, the dorsal surface of both wings is brownish and one large eye-spot and a series of smaller eyespots are found on the ventral surface of the forewing. This large eyespot can be seen very faintly on the dorsal surface. In female specimens, a prominent eye-spot is found on the dorsal surface of the forewing. Few small eyespots are found above the outer margin of the hind wing. [4] Larval food plant is Axonopus compressus. [1]