Penthema lisarda

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Yellow kaiser
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Penthema
Species:
P. lisarda
Binomial name
Penthema lisarda
(Doubleday, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diadema lisarda Doubleday, 1845

Penthema lisarda, the yellow kaiser, is a species of satyrine butterfly found along the Himalayas and in Indochina.

Subspecies[edit]

  • Penthema lisarda lisarda (Sikkim, Assam and possibly Bhutan)
  • Penthema lisarda mihintala Fruhstorfer (Burma: Chin Hills)
  • Penthema lisarda michallati Janet, 1894 (Indo China and possibly Hainan)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Penthema Doubleday, [1848]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms