Hyponephele lupina

Hyponephele lupina, the Oriental meadow brown or branded meadowbrown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa, south western Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Middle Asia, Iran and from Baluchistan to Nepal.Seitz describes it thus- lupinus Costa (47 e) is rather considerably larger than the forms [of Epinepele] so far named; the rusty yellow on the underside of the forewing is brighter, the underside of the hindwing strongly speckled. Southern Italy, Greece.^[1]

Oriental meadow brown
Underside of female (left) and male (right) from Adalbert Seitz
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hyponephele
Species:	H. lupina
Binomial name
Hyponephele lupina (O. Costa, 1836)
Synonyms
Hyponephele lupinus

References

1. Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Butterflies of Bulgaria
• Leps Italy
• Lepidoptera Turkey
• "Hyponephele Muschamp, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms