Telinga davisoni

Palni bushbrown
as illustrated in Lepidoptera Indica
from Kerala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Telinga
Species:
T. davisoni
Binomial name
Telinga davisoni
(Moore, [1891])
Synonyms
  • Samanta davisoni Moore, [1891][1]
  • Mycalesis davisoni (Moore, [1891])[2]

Telinga davisoni, the Palni bushbrown,[3] is a species of satyrine butterfly found in southern India.[4][2] Some authors consider this as a subspecies of Mycalesis mamerta[4] or Telinga malsara[5] or Telinga lepcha.[6]

References

  1. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moore, Frederic (1890). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. I. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 206.
  2. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Mycalesis Hübner, 1818 Bushbrowns". Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  3. ^ "Telinga davisoni Moore, 1892 – Palni Bushbrown". Butterflies of India. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 175–171–172. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  5. ^ Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. London, Taylor and Francis; Calcutta and Simla, Thacker, Spink, & Co.; [etc.,etc.] p. 65.
  6. ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 101.