The bushbrowns, Mycalesis, are a genus

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 brush-footed

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...

 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...

. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia

Central Asia

Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...

 to Australia

Australia

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, and have a high diversity in South Asia

South Asia

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 and the Wallacea

Wallacea

Wallacea is a biogeographical designation for a group of Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves. Wallacea includes Sulawesi, the largest island in the group, as well as Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Halmahera, Buru, Seram, and...

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They are notably polymorphic

Polymorphism (biology)

Polymorphism in biology occurs when two or more clearly different phenotypes exist in the same population of a species — in other words, the occurrence of more than one form or morph...

, with wet- and dry-season forms differing in many species, especially as regards size and number of underwing eyespot

Eyespot (mimicry)

An eyespot is an eye-like marking. They are found on butterflies, reptiles, birds and fish. In members of the Felidae family , the white circular markings on the backs of the ears are termed ocelli, and they are functionally similar to eyespots in other animals.Eyespots may be a form of...

s.

Mycalesis superficially resemble the species Orsotriaena medus, but can readily be identified by the number of spots.

Selected species

• Mycalesis adamsoni Watson, 1897 - Watson's Bushbrown
• Mycalesis adolphei - Redeye Bushbrown,
• Mycalesis annamitica Fruhstorfer, 1906 - Annam Bushbrown
  • Mycalesis annamitica lepcha (Moore, 1880) = Mycalesis watsoni Evans, 1912 - Lepcha Bushbrown,
• Mycalesis anapita Moore, 1858
• Mycalesis anaxias - Whitebar Bushbrown
• Mycalesis dohertyi
• Mycalesis evansii Tytler, 1914 - Tytler's Bushbrown
• Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, 1780) - Lilacine Bushbrown
  • Mycalesis francisca formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis fusca
• Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857 - Chinese Bushbrown
  • Mycalesis gotama nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis heri Moore, 1857 - Moore's Bushbrown
• Mycalesis horsfieldi
• Mycalesis igilia
  Mycalesis igilia
  The Small Long-brand Bushbrown is a species of satyrid butterfly found in India....
  
  - Small Long-brand Bushbrown,
• Mycalesis intermedia
  Mycalesis intermedia
  Mycalesis intermedia is a species of Satyrine butterfly found in Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi Island, Indo China, S.Yunnan and India.-References:* Butterflies of West Malaysia and Singapore by W.A.Fleming....
  
  (Moore, 1892) - Intermediate Bushbrown
• Mycalesis janardana
• Mycalesis khasia - Palebrand Bushbrown
• Mycalesis kina
• Mycalesis maianeas
• Mycalesis malsarida - Plain Bushbrown
• Mycalesis malsara Moore, 1857 - Whiteline Bushbrown
• Mycalesis mamerta (Stoll, 1780) - Blind-eye Bushbrown
  • Mycalesis mamerata davisoni - Palni Bushbrown
• Mycalesis manii Doherty, 1886
• Mycalesis mnasicles Hewitson, 1864
• Mycalesis mercea Evans (nomen nudum
  Nomen nudum
  The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...
  
  ?) - Pachmarhi Bushbrown
• Mycalesis mestra - White-edged Bushbrown
• Mycalesis mineus - Dark-branded Bushbrown
• Mycalesis misenus - Salmon-branded Bushbrown
• Mycalesis mystes de Nicéville, 1891 - Many-tufted Bushbrown
• Mycalesis nicotia - Brighteye Bushbrown
• Mycalesis oculus - Red-Disc Bushbrown
• Mycalesis oroatis
• Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864 - Purple Bushbrown
• Mycalesis patiana Eliot, 1969
• Mycalesis patnia - Gladeye Bushbrown
• Mycalesis perseoides
  Mycalesis perseoides
  Mycalesis perseoides is a species of Satyrine butterfly found in Asia.-Description:This form closely resembles M. mineus, in both wet- and dry-season specimens. As in that form, the disposition of the ocelli on the underside of the hind wing separates it from M. perseus. From M...
  
  
• Mycalesis perseus - Dingy Bushbrown or Common Bushbrown
  • Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius, 1798)
• Mycalesis radza Moore, 1878
• Mycalesis sangaica - Single Ring Bushbrown
  • Mycalesis sangaica mara Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis suaveolens Wood-Mason, 1883 - Wood-Mason's Bushbrown,
  • Mycalesis suaveolens kagina Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis visala - Long-brand Bushbrown
  • Mycalesis visala subdita - Tamil Bushbrown
• Mycalesis zonata Matsumura, 1909 - South China Bushbrown