Sephisa princeps

Sephisa princeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Sephisa
Species:
S. princeps
Binomial name
Sephisa princeps
(Fixsen, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Apatura princeps Fixsen, 1887
  • Sephisa dichroa princeps Fixsen, 1887
  • Apatura cauta Leech, 1887
  • Sephisa princeps var. albimacula Leech, 1890

Sephisa princeps is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Heinrich Fixsen in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri), north-eastern China and Korea. The habitat consists of oak forests.

Behaviour and ecology

Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[2] Larvae of first two instars live gregariously. There are a total of five instars.[3]

Subspecies

  • Sephisa princeps princeps
  • Sephisa princeps tsekouensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Yunnan)
  • Sephisa princeps chinensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Hupei)

References

  1. ^ "Sephisa Moore, 1882" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ lepidopterology.com
  3. ^ Russian Insects


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