Mimathyma nycteis ( Ménétriès, 1859 ), Menetries, 1859

Lee, Young June, 2009, Apaturinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the Korean Peninsula: Synonymic Lists and Keys to Tribes, Genera and Species, Zootaxa 2169, pp. 1-20 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189163

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6218465

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scientific name

Mimathyma nycteis ( Ménétriès, 1859 )
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Mimathyma nycteis ( Ménétriès, 1859)

( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3 – 10 )

Atyma [sic] nycteis Ménétriès, 1859: 215 [Type locality: “l’embouchure de l’Oussouri” (= Ussuri region)].

Neptis nycteis: Fixsen, 1887: 295 (first record from Korea).

Apatura nycteis: Leech, 1893: 155 View in CoL ; Staudinger and Rebel, 1901: 21; Stichel, 1908: 164; Nire, 1918: 95; Nakayama, 1932: 379; Mori et al., 1934: 31 (Apature [sic]); Kishida and Nakamura, 1936: 517; Seok, 1939b: 61; Seok, 1942: 87; Seok and Umitatsu, 1942: 186; Kim and Mi, 1956: 396; Seok, 1973: 90.

Athymodes nycteis: Inomata, 1982 : xviii; Lee, 1982: 75; Korshunov and Gorbunov, 1995: 73; Tuzov et al., 2000: 15.

Mimathyma nycteis: Masui and Inomata, 1991: 10 ; Chou, 1994: 431; Lee, 2005: 27.

Apatura nycteis View in CoL f. furukawai Matsumura, 1931: 43 [Type locality: “Kainei”, North Korea].

Subspecies. The Korean populations are considered to belong to subsp. furukawai.

Adult. Active from mid June to mid August (one brood). Adults are readily observed in hilly areas where young food trees are dominant. Males are often encountered on the ground. In the afternoon, they move to tops of hills or mountains to sit on trees and engage in hilltopping. Females are attracted to fermenting fluids, especially fluxes issuing from oak trees.

Larval host plants. Ulmus davidiana var. japonica , Ulmus davidiana Planch. , etc. (cf. Kim and Sohn 1992; Joo et al. 1997).

Life cycle. See Kim and Sohn (1992) and Harada and Igarashi (1993). Eggs are laid one by one on leaves of the host plants. Larvae are solitary. The 5th or rarely the 4th instar larvae hibernate on undersides of fallen leaves on the ground below the food plants.

Distribution. Northern and central Korea (locally distributed in mainland Korea, abundant in northern part and seldom in southern part, but not on adjacent islands), central and northeastern China and Far Eastern Russia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

SubFamily

Apaturinae

Genus

Mimathyma

Loc

Mimathyma nycteis ( Ménétriès, 1859 )

Lee, Young June 2009
2009
Loc

Mimathyma nycteis:

Lee 2005: 27
Chou 1994: 431
Masui 1991: 10
1991
Loc

Athymodes nycteis:

Tuzov 2000: 15
Korshunov 1995: 73
Lee 1982: 75
1982
Loc

Apatura nycteis

Matsumura 1931: 43
1931
Loc

Apatura nycteis:

Seok 1973: 90
Kim 1956: 396
Seok 1942: 186
Seok 1939: 61
Kishida 1936: 517
Mori 1934: 31
Nakayama 1932: 379
Nire 1918: 95
Stichel 1908: 164
Staudinger 1901: 21
Leech 1893: 155
1893
Loc

Neptis nycteis:

Fixsen 1887: 295
1887
Loc

Atyma [sic] nycteis Ménétriès, 1859 : 215

Menetries 1859: 215
1859
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