Oriental Meadow Brown | |
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Figure of underside of a female (left) and a male (right) from Seitz | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hyponephele |
Species: | H. lupinus |
Binomial name | |
Hyponephele lupinus (O. Costa, 1776) |
The Oriental Meadow Brown, Hyponephele lupinus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa, South West Europe, South Russia, Asia Minor, South Siberia, the Middle Asia, Iran and from Baluchistan to Nepal.