Aemona lena

Taxobox
name = White Dryad


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Morphinae
genus = "Aemona"
species = "A. lena"
binomial = "Aemona lena"
binomial_authority = Atkinson, 1872

The White Dryad "Aemona lena" Atkinson, 1872Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/aemona/index.html Page on "Aemona" genus.] ] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

Distribution

In South East Asia the White Dryad ranges from Myanmar (Karen Hills, the Shan states and around Maymyo). It also occurs in Yunnan (South West China).Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, pg 131.]

tatus

The subspecies "Aemona lena haynei", Tytler is Not Rare in the Shan States. The nominate subspecies, "Aemona lena lena", Atkinson is Rare in the Karen hills.

Cited references

References

* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. Gangtok, Sikkim.
* Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/index.html] .
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

ee also

*Morphinae
*Nymphalidae
*List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
*List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)