Aulocera sybillina is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family (Nymphalidae). The species was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1890. It is endemic to China and Tibet.
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| Aulocera sybillina in Seitz (41b) | |
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Description from Seitz
editS. sybillina Oberth. (41b). Recalling the occidental circe but much smaller, and the white band quite narrow and on the forewing separated into spots. On the underside the band is twice as wide as above and contrasts strongly with the somewhat marmorated (marble-like) black ground. In western China, in June and July, locally abundant.[2]
Biology
editThe larva feeds on Gramineae.
References
edit- ^ Oberthür, 1890 Lépidoptères de Chine Études d'Entomologie. 13: 35-45, pl. 9-10
- ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 figuren)
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