Palaeonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Palaeonympha opalina, is found in Taiwan[1][2] and China.[3]
The larvae of subspecies macrophthalmia feed on Lophatherum gracile, Oplismenus undulatifolius (including var. microphyllus) and Miscanthus sinensis.[3]
^Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Tolweb. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
^Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
^ ab"Palaeonympha Butler, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Palaeonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Palaeonympha opalina, is found in Taiwan...
a predominantly lowland group, with the exception of one Asian taxon Palaeonympha opalina Butler, 1871 and the Andean genus Forsterinaria Gray, 1973. The...
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