''Mycalesis'', the bushbrowns, are a

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of brush-footed

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. They are common in the warm regions from

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to Australia, and have a high diversity in

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and the

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. They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and dry-season forms differing in many species, especially as regards size and number of underwing eyespots. ''Mycalesis'' superficially resemble the species '' Orsotriaena medus'', but can readily be identified by the number of spots.

Species

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Listed alphabetically: * '' Mycalesis adamsoni'' Watson, 1897 – Watson's bushbrown * '' Mycalesis adolphei'' (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843) – redeye bushbrown * '' Mycalesis aethiops'' Butler, 1868 * '' Mycalesis amoena'' Druce, 1873 * '' Mycalesis anaxioides'' Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883 * '' Mycalesis annamitica'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 – Annam bushbrown, tawny bush-brown * '' Mycalesis anapita'' Moore,

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/small> * '' Mycalesis anaxias'' Hewitson, 1862 – white-bar bushbrown * '' Mycalesis arabella'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis aramis'' Hewitson, 1866 * '' Mycalesis asophis'' Hewitson, 1862 * '' Mycalesis atrata'' Röber, 1887 * '' Mycalesis barbara'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * '' Mycalesis bazochii'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) * '' Mycalesis biformis'' Rothschild, 1916 * '' Mycalesis bilineata'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis bisaya'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * '' Mycalesis cacodaemon'' Kirsch, 1877 * '' Mycalesis comes'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * '' Mycalesis deficiens'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis discobolus'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis dohertyi'' Elwes, 1891 * '' Mycalesis drusillodes'' (Oberthür, 1894) * '' Mycalesis duponcheli'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1830) * '' Mycalesis durga'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 * '' Mycalesis elia'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * '' Mycalesis evansii'' Tytler, 1914 – Tytler's bushbrown * '' Mycalesis evara'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 * '' Mycalesis felderi'' Butler, 1868 * '' Mycalesis francisca'' (Stoll,

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– lilacine bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis francisca formosana'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis fuscum'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Malayan bush-brown * '' Mycalesis giamana'' Parsons, 1986 * '' Mycalesis gotama'' Moore, 1857 – Chinese bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis gotama nanda'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis heri'' Moore, 1857 – Moore's bushbrown * '' Mycalesis horsfieldi'' (Moore,

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Malaysia, Java, Celebes. See

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– Horsfield's bush brown * '' Mycalesis igilia'' Fruhstorfer, 1911 – small long-brand bushbrown * '' Mycalesis igoleta'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * '' Mycalesis inayoshii'' Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1995 * '' Mycalesis inopia'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis intermedia'' (Moore,

– intermediate bushbrown * '' Mycalesis ita'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * '' Mycalesis itys'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> – Itys bush brown * '' Mycalesis janardana'' Moore, 1857 – Common Bush Brown, Janardana Bush Brown, Mottled Bush-Brown * '' Mycalesis khasia'' Evans, 1920 – palebrand bushbrown * '' Mycalesis lepcha'' (Moore, 1880) – Lepcha bushbrown * '' Mycalesis madjicosa'' Butler, 1868 * '' Mycalesis maianeas'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis malsarida'' Butler, 1868 – plain bushbrown * '' Mycalesis malsara'' Moore, 1857 – white-line bushbrown * '' Mycalesis mamerta'' (Stoll,

– blind-eye bushbrown ** '' Mycalesis mamerata davisoni'' – Palni bushbrown * '' Mycalesis manii'' Doherty, 1886 * '' Mycalesis maura'' Grose-Smith, 1894 * '' Mycalesis mnasicles'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis meeki'' Rothschild, 1915 * '' Mycalesis mehadeva'' (Boisduval, 1832) * '' Mycalesis mercea'' Evans (''

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''?) – Pachmarhi bushbrown * '' Mycalesis messene'' Hewitson, 1862 * '' Mycalesis mestra'' Hewitson, 1862 – white-edged bushbrown * '' Mycalesis mineus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – dark-branded bushbrownKirton, Laurence G. (2014). ''A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand.'' Oxford:John Beaufoy Publ., p.62. * '' Mycalesis misenus'' de Nicéville, 1889 – salmon-branded bushbrown * '' Mycalesis mnasicles'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis moorei'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> * '' Mycalesis mucia'' Hewitson, 1862 * '' Mycalesis mulleri'' Tennent, 2000 * '' Mycalesis mynois'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis mystes'' de Nicéville, 1891 - many-tufted bushbrown * '' Mycalesis nala'' C. & R. Felder, 1859 * '' Mycalesis nerida'' Grose-Smith, 1902 * '' Mycalesis nicotia'' Westwood,

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/small> – bright-eye bushbrown * '' Mycalesis oculus'' Marshall, 1880 – red-disc bushbrown * '' Mycalesis oroatis'' Hewitson, 1864 * '' Mycalesis orseis'' Hewitson, 1864 – purple bushbrown * '' Mycalesis panthaka'' Fruhstorfer, 1909 * '' Mycalesis patiana'' Eliot, 1969 * '' Mycalesis pitana'' Staudinger, 897/small> * ''

Mycalesis patnia ''Mycalesis patnia'', the glad-eye bushbrown, is a Satyrinae, satyrid butterfly found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Description Upperside: The male has a dark umber-brown ground colour slightly suffused with ochraceous. Forewings and hindw ...

'' Moore, 1857 – glad-eye bushbrown * '' Mycalesis perseoides'' (Moore,

– Pachmarhi bushbrown * '' Mycalesis perseus'' (Fabricius, 1775) – dingy bushbrown or common bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis perseus blasius'' (Fabricius, 1798) * '' Mycalesis pitana'' Staudinger, 897/small> * '' Mycalesis phidon'' Hewitson, 1862 * '' Mycalesis radza'' Moore, 1878 * '' Mycalesis rama'' (Moore, 1892) – Cingalese bushbrown * '' Mycalesis sangaica'' Butler, 1877 – single ring bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis sangaica mara'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis shiva'' (Boisduval, 1832) * '' Mycalesis siamica'' Riley & Godfrey, 1921 * '' Mycalesis sirius'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Mycalesis splendens'' Mathew, 1887 * '' Mycalesis suaveolens'' Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883 – Wood-Mason's bushbrown ** ''Mycalesis suaveolens kagina'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 * '' Mycalesis subpersa'' Rothschild, 1915 * '' Mycalesis sudra'' C. & R. Felder, 867/small> * '' Mycalesis tagala'' C. & R. Felder, 1863 * '' Mycalesis terminus'' (Fabricius, 1775) – orange bushbrown * '' Mycalesis thailandica'' Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1984 * '' Mycalesis thyateira'' (Fruhstorfer, 1911) * '' Mycalesis treadawayi'' Schröder, 1976 * '' Mycalesis unica'' Leech,

/small> * '' Mycalesis valeria'' Grose-Smith, 1900 * '' Mycalesis valeriana'' Grose-Smith, 1900 * '' Mycalesis visala'' Moore,

/small> – long-brand bushbrown ** '' Mycalesis visala subdita'' – Tamil bushbrown * '' Mycalesis wayewa'' Doherty, 1891 * '' Mycalesis zonata'' Matsumura, 1909 – South China bushbrown

References

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