Ypthima chenu

Nilgiri fourring
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ypthima
Species:	Y. chenu
Binomial name
	Ypthima chenu; (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Synonyms
	Ypthima chenui;

Ypthima chenu,^[1] the Nilgiri fourring,^[2]^[3] is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in south India.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Description

Charles Thomas Bingham (1905) gives a detailed description as follows:^[4]

Upperside van dyke-brown. Fore wing with the usual preapical, bipupilled, yellow-ringed, large ocellus, and a more or less obscure transverse subterminal fascia. Hind wing with two small submedian unipupilled black, ocelli; no indications of a tornal ocellus. Underside : fore wing ground-colour dusky greyish brown, covered with short transverse brown striae, very prominent discal and subterminal broad transverse dark brown posteriorly convergent fasciae; the subterminal fascia bordered with whitish on both sides, and a preapical ocellus as on upperside. Hind wing : ground-colour white, with striae as on the fore wing; subbasal, discal and subterminal broad transverse brown fasciae, also one apical and three postdiscal, laterally elongate, ocelli in a curve. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dull greyish brown; abdomen paler beneath. Male without any secondary sex-mark.In the dry-season form the fasciae on the underside of hind wing are still more prominent, the ocelli smaller.
Exp. ♂ ♀ 44-50 mm. (1.73-1.98").
Habitat. S. India, the Nilgiri and Anaimalai Hills.
— Bingham

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References

^ Delessert, Adolphe (1843). Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Paris: Bétrune et Plon for Fortin, Masson et Cie & Langlois et Leclerq. p. 77.
^ ^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. 180–181. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
^ ^a ^b Savela, Markku. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818 Rings Ringlets". Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 141–142.
^ Moore, Frederic (1893). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. II. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 83–84.

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[1] Delessert, Adolphe (1843). Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Inde exécuté de 1834 à 1839. Paris: Bétrune et Plon for Fortin, Masson et Cie & Langlois et Leclerq. p. 77.

[Smetacek-2] 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. 180–181. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

[funet-3] Savela, Markku. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818 Rings Ringlets". Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

[bingham-4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 141–142.

[MooreIndica-5] Moore, Frederic (1893). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. II. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 83–84.

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