''Symbrenthia niphanda'', the bluetail jester, is a species of
nymphalid
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 ...
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 ...
found in
South Asia
South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's populatio ...
.
"''Symbrenthia'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' (Kashmir, Assam, Yunnan)
References
Nymphalini
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1872
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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