Aulocera sybillina

Aulocera sybillina is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family (Nymphalidae). The species was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1890. It is endemic to China and Tibet.

Aulocera sybillina
Aulocera sybillina in Seitz (41b)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Aulocera
Species:
A. sybillina
Binomial name
Aulocera sybillina

Description from Seitz
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

S. sybillina Oberth. (41b). Recalling the occidental circe but much smaller, and the white band quite narrow and on the forewing separated into spots. On the underside the band is twice as wide as above and contrasts strongly with the somewhat marmorated (marble-like) black ground. In western China, in June and July, locally abundant.[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Gramineae.

References
  1. Oberthür, 1890 Lépidoptères de Chine Études d'Entomologie. 13: 35-45, pl. 9-10
  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) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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