Aulocera swaha
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Aulocera Swaha is a butterfly ( butterfly ) from the subfamily of the eyes moth (Satyrinae).
features
The wingspan is 60 to 70 millimeters. The top of the wings is dark brown with a discal yellowish white band that continues from the forewing edge to the rear edge of the hind wings. The band appears continuous on the hind wings, while it is more or less broken up into individual spots on the forewings. As with other species of the genus, there is a subapical dark spot on the forewings , which is not as clearly pronounced in A. swaha as, for example, in Aulocera padma or Aulocera brahminus .
Overall, Aulocera Swaha the type A. Padma similar, but smaller than this. In addition, the light wing bands in A. swaha are clearly more yellow in color than in A. padma . Of the European species, the white forest porter ( Aulocera circe ) is most similar to A. swaha .
Subspecies
The following not easily distinguishable subspecies are described:
- Aulocera swaha parthicola Clench & Shoumatoff, 1956. Afghanistan , Paghman Mountains
- Aulocera swaha forsteri Gross, 1958. Afghanistan
- Aulocera swaha schaeferi Gross, 1958. Nepal, Mustangbhot
- Aulocera swaha lobbichleri Gross, 1958. Nepal, Manangbhot
- Aulocera swaha tellula Fruhstorfer, 1911. Pakistan , Safed Koh
- Aulocera swaha garuna Fruhstorfer, 1911. Kashmir
- Aulocera swaha gilgitica Tytler, 1926. Pakistan, Gilgit
distribution
The species occurs in Afghanistan , Pakistan and in the Himalayan region ( India , Nepal , Tibet ). An alleged occurrence in the northern Indian state of Sikkim has not been confirmed. The species is found at altitudes between 2,000 and 4,000 meters, preferably in sunny places in forest areas. The flight time is from May to September.
Way of life
Information on the biology of the species and its stages of development are poor or lacking.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ FJ Gross: On the butterfly fauns of East Asia I. genus Satyrus Latr., Sub-genus Aulocera But. (Lep. Satyridae). Bonn Zoological Contributions 9, 261–293. Bonn. ( online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice .; PDF; 6.6 MB)
- ^ G. Talbot: The Fauna of British India Including Ceylone and Burma. Butterflies, Vol. II. Taylor and Francis, London 1947.
- ^ TJ Roberts: The Butterflies of Pakistan. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York 2001, ISBN 978-0195779950
literature
- C. Smith: Butterflies of Nepal. Craftsman Press, Bangkok 1989.
- MA Wynther-Blyth: Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay 1957.
- S. Sakai: Butterflies of Afghanistan. Printed in Japan 1981.
- B. D'Abrera: Butterflies of the Holarctic Region. Part II Satyridae (concl.) & Nymphalidae (partim). Hill House, Black Rock, Victoria 1992, ISBN 978-0646062556 , ISBN 978-0646012025
- A. Seitz: The big butterflies of the earth. I. Department: The large butterflies of the Palaearctic fauna area. Volume 1: The Palaearctic Butterflies. Fritz Lehmann's Verlag, Stuttgart 1909.
- N. Sharma, HS Rose: "Additional notes on the Himalayan genus Aulocera Butler (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 68 (1), March 2014, 17-24
