Mycalesis

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Bushbrowns
Whiteline Bushbrown, Mycalesis malsara Wet-season form
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked) Rhopalocera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Satyrinae Tribe: Elymniini Subtribe: Mycalesina Genus: Mycalesis Hübner, 1818
Species
Numerous, see text

The bushbrowns, Mycalesis, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea.

They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and dry-season forms differing in many species, especially as regards size and number of underwing eyespots.

[edit] Selected species

• Watson's Bushbrown, Mycalesis adamsoni Watson, 1897
• Redeye Bushbrown, Mycalesis adolphei
• Annam Bushbrown, Mycalesis annamitica Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Lepcha Bushbrown, Mycalesis (annamitica) lepcha (Moore, 1880) = Mycalesis watsoni Evans, 1912
• Mycalesis anapita Moore, 1858
• Whitebar Bushbrown, Mycalesis anaxias
• Mycalesis dohertyi
  
• Tytler's Bushbrown, Mycalesis evansii Tytler, 1914
• Lilacine Bushbrown, Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, 1780)
  • Mycalesis francisca formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Mycalesis fusca
  
• Chinese Bushbrown, Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857
  • Mycalesis gotama nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Moore's Bushbrown, Mycalesis heri Moore, 1857
• Mycalesis horsfieldi
  
• Small Long-brand Bushbrown, Mycalesis igilia
• Intermediate Bushbrown, Mycalesis intermedia (Moore, 1892)
• Mycalesis janardana
  
• Palebrand Bushbrown, Mycalesis khasia
• Mycalesis kina
  
  

  

  Red-Disc Bushbrown, Mycalesis oculus
• Mycalesis maianeas
  
• Plain Bushbrown, Mycalesis malsarida
• Whiteline Bushbrown, Mycalesis malsara Moore, 1857
• Blind-eye Bushbrown, Mycalesis mamerta (Stoll, 1780)
  • Palni Bushbrown, Mycalesis mamerata davisoni
• Mycalesis manii Doherty, 1886
• Mycalesis mnasicles Hewitson, 1864
• Pachmarhi Bushbrown, Mycalesis mercea Evans - a nomen nudum?
• White-edged Bushbrown, Mycalesis mestra
• Dark-branded Bushbrown, Mycalesis mineus
• Salmon-branded Bushbrown, Mycalesis misenus
• Many-tufted Bushbrown, Mycalesis mystes de Nicéville, 1891
• Brighteye Bushbrown, Mycalesis nicotia
• Red-Disc Bushbrown, Mycalesis oculus
• Mycalesis oroatis
  
• Purple Bushbrown, Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864
  
• Mycalesis patiana Eliot, 1969
• Gladeye Bushbrown, Mycalesis patnia
  

  

  Dingy Bushbrown (Mycalesis perseus)
  Dry-season form
• Mycalesis perseoides
• Dingy Bushbrown or Common Bushbrown, Mycalesis perseus
  • Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius, 1798)
• Mycalesis radza Moore, 1878
• Single Ring Bushbrown, Mycalesis sangaica
  • Mycalesis sangaica mara Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Wood-Mason's Bushbrown, Mycalesis suaveolens Wood-Mason, 1883
  • Mycalesis suaveolens kagina Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Long-brand Bushbrown, Mycalesis visala
  • Tamil Bushbrown, Mycalesis (visala) subdita
• South China Bushbrown, Mycalesis zonata Matsumura, 1909