Hyponephele lupina

Oriental meadow brown
Underside of female (left) and male (right) from Adalbert Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hyponephele
Species: H. lupina
Binomial name
Hyponephele lupina
(O. Costa, 1776)
Synonyms

Hyponephele lupinus

Hyponephele lupina, the Oriental meadow brown or branded meadowbrown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa, south western Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor, southern Siberia, Middle Asia, Iran and from Baluchistan to Nepal.

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