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 | |
Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa, 1776) |
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Synonyms | |
Hyponephele lupinus |
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.