Mimathyma chevana

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Apaturinae
Genus: Mimathyma
Species: M. chevana

Subspecies: M. c. chevana – M. c. leechi
Name

Mimathyma chevana Moore, [1865]

Vernacular names
日本語: ウラギンコムラサキ
References
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Mimathyma Moore, 1896 FUNET.fi

Mimathyma chevana, the sergeant emperor, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.

There are two subspecies:

M. c. chevana Sikkim, Assam, northern Myanmar
M. c. leechii Moore, [1896] western and central China

Mimathyma chevana mimics Athyma opalina.
References

Moore, Frederic (January 1865). "On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 33 (1): 755–823. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1865.tb02432.x.