| Tamil Bushbrown | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Elymniini |
| Genus: | Mycalesis |
| Species: | M. subdita (but see text) |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycalesis subdita Mycalesis visala subdita (but see text) |
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The Tamil Bushbrown, Mycalesis (visala) subdita, is a satyrine butterfly found in South Asia. It is not resolved whether this is a good species or belongs into Mycalesis visala.
Closely resembles in both seasonal forms Mycalesis mineus. The male can be discriminated by the sex-mark on the underside of the fore wing: this is brown or ochraceous brown as in M. perseoides but very much longer and broader, extending to but not going beyond the transverse band crossing the wings.[1]
Ceylon; S. India, Travancore.[1]