Hyponephele davendra, the white-ringed meadowbrown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It can be found from Iran to Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, the Himalayas, Tibet, and central Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Hyponephele |
| Species: | H. davendra
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyponephele davendra (Moore, 1865)
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The wingspan is 38–45 mm. Adults are on wing in multiple generations per year.
Subspecies
edit- Hyponephele davendra seravschana (Ghissarsky, Zeravshansky, Turkestansky Mountains)
- Hyponephele davendra fergana (Alaisky Mountains, northern and inner Tian-Shan)
- Hyponephele davendra latistigma (Kopet-Dagh, southern Ghissar)
References
edit- ^ "Hyponephele Muschamp, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms