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Species of butterfly

Himalayan sergeant

At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Athyma
Species:	A. opalina
Binomial name
*Athyma opalina* (Kollar, 1844)

Athyma opalina, the Himalayan sergeant, is a species of large, tailess nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical evergreen forest regions in Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan), ussualy at a elevation of 1200 meters to 3000 meters. A. opalina has a wingspan of 57 millimeters to 72 millimeters. Athyma oplina primary color is black with white as a associated color. Other colors on Athyma opalina include red, brown and orange.

Adults of this species feed on nectar, sap and sometimes decaying organic matter while larvae feed on some trees and grasses. They live for 12 months.

References

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

"Athyma opalina Kollar, 1844 | Species". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
"Himalayan Sergeant (Athyma opalina)". Picture Insect. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

Taxon identifiers
Athyma opalina	Wikidata: Q4815719 BioLib: 641530 BOLD: 708340 CoL: 93QXD GBIF: 7346312 iNaturalist: 180404 NCBI: 1417365 Observation.org: 191788 Open Tree of Life: 5028603

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