Mimathyma Explained

Mimathyma is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found in eastern and southern Asia. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1896.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Mimathyma ambica (Kollar, [1844]) – Indian purple emperor
• Mimathyma chevana (Moore, [1865]) – sergeant emperor
• Mimathyma nycteis (Ménétriès, 1859) (Amurland, Korea, northeast China)
• Mimathyma schrenckii (Ménétriès, 1858) – Schrenck's emperor (Amurland, Korea, northeast China)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Mimathyma Moore, [1896] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 30, 2019.