Palaeonympha

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: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Euptychiina
Genus: Palaeonympha
Species: P. opalina
Name

Palaeonympha Butler, 1871

Type species: Palaeonympha opalina Butler, 1871
References

Butler, 1871, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 401.
Yoshino, K., 2001: New butterflies from China 6. Futao 38: 9–17.

Palaeonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Palaeonympha opalina, is found in Taiwan[1][2] and China.[3]

The larvae of subspecies macrophthalmia feed on Lophatherum gracile, Oplismenus undulatifolius (including var. microphyllus) and Miscanthus sinensis.[3]
Subspecies

Palaeonympha opalina opalina (China: Shaanxi, Hupei)
Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Taiwan)
Palaeonympha opalina bailiensis Yoshino, 2001 (China: northern Yunnan)

References

Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Tolweb. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
"Palaeonympha Butler, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms