Limenitis homeyeri

Limenitis homeyeri is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the browns family.

Limenitis homeyeri
Limenitis homeyeri in Seitz 57b
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Limenitis
Species:	L. homeyeri
Binomial name
Limenitis homeyeri Tancre, 1881 [1]

Subspecies

• Limenitis homeyeri homeyeri Amur
• Limenitis homeyeri venata Leech, [1892] Sichuan, Shaanxi
• Limenitis homeyeri meridionalis Hall, 1930 Yunnan
• Limenitis homeyeri sugiyamai Yoshino, 1997 North Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

L. homeyeri Tancre (57c) is somewhat more narrow-winged than the previous forms [sydi, camilla, helmanni, doerriesi], but very similar lo them, being more delicately marked. The middle spots of the discal row of the forewing as in doerriesi project less distally, the band of the hindwing however is anteriorly narrower and there is a row of distinct venata. small white spots in the marginal area of the hindwing. Amur, Ussuri. — venata Leech (57c) is a larger form of a darker tint, with the white markings enlarged, which is especially evident with the cell -streak of the forewing and the band of the hindwing. On the underside too the ground has a deeper colour, the markings are silky white, the band of the hindwing being sharply traversed by the black veins. South -East and West China.^[2]

Etymology

The name honours Eugen Ferdinand von Homeyer.

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

References

1. Tancré, 1881 Eine neue Limenitis-Art vom Amur Ent. Nachr. 7 (8) : 120
2. 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.