Neorina hilda
| Neorina hilda | |
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| Underside | |
| Upperside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Elymniini |
| Subtribe: | Zetherina |
| Genus: | Neorina |
| Species: | N. hilda
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| Binomial name | |
| Neorina hilda Westwood, 1850
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Neorina hilda, also known as the yellow owl is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Sikkim in India to Yunnan. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1850. This species is monotypic.[1]
Description
The forewings are large and subtriangular. The inner margin is nearly straight, and it is longer than the apical margin. The hindwings are almost semicircular, with the veins being arranged like in Orinoma damaris. The forelegs are small, while the hindlegs are long with few hairs.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Neorina". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
- ^ Doubleday, Edward; Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah); Hewitson, William C. (William Chapman) (1846). The genera of diurnal lepidoptera : comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University. London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
- ^ Seitz, Adalbert (1908). Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde : eine systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Grossschmetterlinge. London Natural History Museum Library. Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen Verlag.