''Athyma fortuna'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
of 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 ...
. It is found in the East
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
.
Subspecies
*''A. f. diffusa''
Leech (Central China)
*''A. f. kodahirai''
(Sonan, 1938) (China:Taiwan)
*''A. f. guangxiensis''
Wang, 1994 (China: Guangxi)
References
Funet
Butterflies described in 1889
Athyma
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by John Henry Leech
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