Mycalesis misenus
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The Salmon-branded Bushbrown Mycalesis misenus is a species of Satyrine
butterfly found in Asia
. In India
, it occurs in Sikkim
, Assam
, the Khasi Hills
.
. Differs only in the conspicuously darker ground-colour of the underside, in having the tuft of hairs that overlies the sexual patch of specialized scales on the upperside of the hind wing in the male brown not black, and in the sex-mark on the uuderside of the fore wing being larger and much paler in colour. These differences, slight as they are, seem constant through a series.
Only the wet-season ocellated form of this species has been recorded.
Satyrinae
Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the Browns, is a subfamily of the Nymphalidae . They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies...
butterfly found in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. In India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, it occurs in Sikkim
Sikkim
Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...
, Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, the Khasi Hills
Khasi Hills
The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in the Indian state of Meghalaya, and is part of the Patkai range and of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion...
.
Description
Very close to Mycalesis nicotiaMycalesis nicotia
Mycalesis nicotia, the Brighteye Bushbrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Asia.-Description:Wet-season form. Upperside vandyke-brown. Fore wing with one very large, white-centred, fulvous-ringed median, and one, more rarely two, similar smaller subapical ocelli. Hind wing with one or...
. Differs only in the conspicuously darker ground-colour of the underside, in having the tuft of hairs that overlies the sexual patch of specialized scales on the upperside of the hind wing in the male brown not black, and in the sex-mark on the uuderside of the fore wing being larger and much paler in colour. These differences, slight as they are, seem constant through a series.
Only the wet-season ocellated form of this species has been recorded.