Mandarinia

Mandarinia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae (Satyrinae). Its single species is Mandarinia regalis which has three subspecies.

Mandarinia
Mandarinia regalis, figure 2 male, 2a female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Mandarinia

Leech, [1892]
Species:
M. regalis
Binomial name
Mandarinia regalis
(Leech, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis regalis Leech, 1889
  • Mandarinia regalis duchessa Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Mandarinia regalis callotaenia Fruhstorfer, 1913

Subspecies
  • M. r. regalis (West China, Central China, Burma)
  • M. r. baronesa Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Indo China, Burma, South Yunnan)
  • M. r. obliqua Zhao, 1994 (Sichuan)

A second species, Mandarinia uemurai, Sugiyama, 1993 is described from Dujiangya Sichuan, China.

References

"Mandarinia Leech, [1892]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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