Mycalesis francisca explained
Mycalesis francisca is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Korea, India (Assam), Burma and Indochina
The larva feeds on Imperata cylindrica, Miscanthus sinensis, Setaria palmifolia and Oplismenus undulatifolius
Subspecies
- M. f. francisca
- M. f. ulia Fruhstorfer, 1908 (northern Vietnam)
- M. f. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
- M. f. sanatana Moore, [1858] (India to Burma, Thailand, Laos, South Yunnan)
- M. f. albofasciata Tytler, 1914 (Manipur, Burma, Northwest Yunnan)
- M. f. arisana Sonan, 1931 (Taiwan)
- M. f. perdiccas Hewitson, [1862] (Japan)
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