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Palaeonympha opalina

Synonyms: Palaeonympha macrophthalmia; Palaeonympha reducta

Wikipedia Abstract

Palaeonympha opalina is a species of satyrid butterfly. It is found in Taiwan and China. The larvae of subspecies macrophthalmia feed on Lophatherum gracile, Oplismenus undulatifolius (including var. microphyllus), Miscanthus sinensis.
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Infraspecies

Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia
Palaeonympha opalina meridionalis
Palaeonympha opalina obscura
Palaeonympha opalina opalina

Prey / Diet

Lepturus repens (Pacific Island thintail)[1]
Lophatherum gracile[1]
Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese silvergrass)[1]
Oplismenus undulatifolius (wavyleaf basketgrass)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0