Aphantopus maculosa

Aphantopus maculosa
	Aphantopus maculosa in Seitz (45g)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Aphantopus
Species:	A. maculosa
Binomial name
	Aphantopus maculosa; Leech, 1890 [1]

Aphantopus maculosa is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is endemic to China.

Description from Seitz

A. maculosa Leech (45 g). Forewing above and beneath with 3 eye -rings; hindwing above with 2, beneath with 5 eye-rings; all the ocelli without ocelli above. — Chang-Yang, singly, in July.[2]

References

Leech, 1890 New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Leech, 1890 New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1

[2] Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.