Abrota is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its only species is Abrota ganga, the sergeant-major.[1]
It is found in Sikkim, Bhutan, Abor Hills, Naga Hills, Burma, western China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Guangdong and Shanxi.[2][1]
In 1932 William Harry Evans described the species as not rare.[2]
The sergeant-major is 70 to 90 mm in wingspan.[2]
The male sergeant-major is tawny with dark bands. The upper hindwing has four bands, of which the central two are well-separated in the wet-season form and nearly united in the dry-season form.[2]
The female is dark brown with dusky tawny bands. The upper forewing has a streak in the cell with a spot beyond while the upper hindwing has two tawny bands.[2]
Abrota is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its only species is Abrota ganga, the sergeant-major.
Abrota ganga es una especie de mariposa de la familia Nymphalidae, subfamilia Limenitidinae, tribu Adoliadini.[2]
Esta especie y subespecies de mariposa, se encuentran distribuidas en el sudeste de Asia y Australasia.
Abrota ganga es una especie de mariposa de la familia Nymphalidae, subfamilia Limenitidinae, tribu Adoliadini.
Abrota ganga is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Limenitidinae van de familie Nymphalidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1857 door Frederic Moore.
Bronnen, noten en/of referentiesAbrota ganga er en sommerfugl som tilhører gruppen Limenitidinae i den store familien flikvinger (Nymphalidae).
En stor (vingespenn 70-90 millimeter) og kraftig, mørkbrun sommerfugl. Vingenes overside har gulhvite striper – to lengdestriper og et skråbånd på forvingen, to bånd på bakvingen. Noen ganger er de lyse stripene så brede at den lyse fargen dominerer.
Arten er kjent fra Sikkim til Taiwan.
Abrota ganga er en sommerfugl som tilhører gruppen Limenitidinae i den store familien flikvinger (Nymphalidae).
瑙蛺蝶(Abrota ganga)也稱大吉嶺橙蛺蝶,在台灣又稱雄紅三線蝶、紅逐鹿仔[1],是瑙蛺蝶屬的一種蛺蝶。本種為雌雄二型,雌蝶、雄蝶外觀與體型頗有差異。
本種分布於中國華南、華西、華東、喜馬拉雅山區、中南半島與台灣中低海拔地區[2]。
本種幼蟲以金縷梅科、殼斗科植物為食。在台灣紀錄的食草包括金縷梅科秀柱花、殼斗科青剛櫟、赤皮等植物,一年一世代,成蟲主要在夏秋活動[2]。
瑙蛺蝶(Abrota ganga)也稱大吉嶺橙蛺蝶,在台灣又稱雄紅三線蝶、紅逐鹿仔,是瑙蛺蝶屬的一種蛺蝶。本種為雌雄二型,雌蝶、雄蝶外觀與體型頗有差異。