Cyllogenes janetae, the scarce evening brown is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.[1] Subspecies Cyllogenes janetae orientalis Monastyrskii, 2005 is found in Vietnam.

Scarce evening brown
from Arunachal Pradesh
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C. janetae
Binomial name
Cyllogenes janetae

Range

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The butterfly is found in the Himalayas in Sikkim, Bhutan, northern West Bengal, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.[1]

Status

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In 1932 William Harry Evans described it as very rare.[2]

Description

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The scarce evening brown is 90 to 95 mm in wingspan and broadly resembles the Melanitis evening browns, with rich brown colour above. The upper forewing has a broad yellow apical band which reaches the termen. The male, unlike Cyllogenes suradeva does not have a brand on the upper forewing.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Cyllogenes Butler, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 127, ser no D23.2.
  3. ^ Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 125. ISBN 978-8170192329.