''Mandarinia'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
butterfly genus in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...
(
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
). Its single species is ''Mandarinia regalis'' which has three subspecies.
Subspecies
*''Mandarinia regalis regalis'' (West China, Central China, Burma)
*''Mandarinia regalis baronesa''
Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Indo China, Burma, South Yunnan)
*''Mandarinia regalis obliqua''
Zhao, 1994 (Sichuan)
A second species, ''Mandarinia uemurai'', Sugiyama, 1993 is described from Dujiangya
Sichuan, China.
References
"''Mandarinia'' Leech,
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Satyrinae
Monotypic butterfly genera
Taxa named by John Henry Leech