| Oriental meadow brown | |
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| Underside of female (left) and male (right) from Adalbert Seitz | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hyponephele |
| Species: | H. lupina |
| Binomial name | |
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Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa, 1776) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hyponephele lupinus |
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Hyponephele lupinus
Hyponephele lupina, the Oriental meadow brown or branded meadowbrown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa, south western Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Middle Asia, Iran and from Baluchistan to Nepal.