Mycalesis orseis, the purple bushbrown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-east Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mycalesis |
| Species: | M. orseis
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Subspecies
edit- Mycalesis orseis orseis (Sumatra)
- Mycalesis orseis borneensis Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Borneo)
- Mycalesis orseis nautilus Butler, 1867 (Assam to Peninsular Malaya)
- Mycalesis orseis orsina Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Nias)
- Mycalesis orseis flavotincta Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan)
References
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- ^ "Mycalesis Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms