Mimathyma
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Mimathyma is a genus
of butterflies
in the family Nymphalidae
found in eastern and southern Asia.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
found in eastern and southern Asia.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Mimathyma ambicaMimathyma ambicaThe Indian Purple Emperor is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.-Male:Upperside brownish black; a broad white, inwardly oblique, discal band from vein 3 of the fore to vein 1 of the hind wing, this band bordered broadly on both sides by brilliant iridescent blue and meeting anteriorly...
(Kollar, [1844]) – Indian Purple Emperor - Mimathyma chevana (Moore, [1865]) – Sargeant Emperor
- Mimathyma nycteis (Ménétriès, 1859)
- Mimathyma schrenckii (Ménétriès, 1858) – Schrenck’s Emperor