Hyponephele brevistigma is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It can be found in Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir, western Pamirs and the southern slope of the Alai Mountains.
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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. brevistigma
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| Hyponephele brevistigma (Moore, 1893)
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Adults are on wing from June to August.
Subspecies
edit- Hyponephele brevistigma brevistigma
- Hyponephele brevistigma evanescens (western Pamirs)
- Hyponephele brevistigma alaina (southern slope of the Alaisky mountains)
References
edit- ^ "Hyponephele Muschamp, 1915" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms