''Athyma kanwa'', the dot-dash sergeant, is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
brush-footed butterfly
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 have ...
found in tropical and subtropical
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
and
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
.
References
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* Savela, Markku (2007)
''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'': ''Athyma'' Version of 9 March 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2007.
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Butterflies of Indochina
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies described in 1858
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