Glad-eye Bushbrown

Mycalesis patnia

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Mycalesis patnia, the glad-eye bushbrown, is a satyrid butterfly found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Description Upperside: The male has a dark umber-brown ground colour slightly suffused with ochraceous. Forewings and hindwings with bright ochraceous-yellow, slender sub-terminal and terminal lines; cilia pale brown.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Glad-eye Bushbrown

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