Ypthima tabella

Ypthima tabella is a species of Satyrinae butterfly found in South

Ypthima tabella
India, described by Marshall and De Nicéville in 1883.[1][2][3]
Some experts still consider this as a subspecies of Ypthima
philomela, baby fivering.[4][5][6]

Description
The upper side of the male is brown, uniform in color. Fore-wing
has a bipupilled ocellus. Hind-wing has two submarginal ocelli
between the median nervules. The underside is pale brown. Scientific classification
Fore-wing has one ocellus. Hind-wing has six ocelli, placed in
pairs. No sexual patch on fore-wing on upper-side.[1][7][8] Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
It can be distinguished from Ypthima philomela by the absence
of sexual mark in the male.[1] Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Life cycle
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Ypthima
Species: Y. tabella
Binomial name
Egg Larva Ypthima tabella
Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883

Chrysalis Chrysalis
 Imago (upper side) Imago (underside)

References
1. G. F. L., Marshall; Nicéville, Lionel de (1882). The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. A
descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that
region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the
border; with numerous illustrations. Vol. II-III (https://archive.org/stream/butterfliesofind01mar
s#page/234/mode/1up). Calcutta: Central Press Co., ld. p. 234.
2. Kehimkar, Isaac (2016). Butterflies of India (2016 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay Natural History
Society. p. 144. ISBN 9789384678012.
3. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist" (http://www.catalogueoflife.
org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/ypthima+tabella/match/1). catalogueoflife.org.
4. Varshney, R.; Smetacek, P. A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India (2015 ed.). New
Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal and Indinov Publishing. p. 12.
5. "Ypthima Hübner, 1818" (http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilion
oidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/ypthima/) at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life
Forms
6. LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Beccaloni G.W., Scoble M.J., Robinson
G.S. & Pitkin B., 2005-06-15
7. Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1 (https://archive.or
g/stream/butterfliesvolii00bing#page/132/mode/2up/). pp. 133–134.
8. Moore, Frederic (1893). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. II (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36
597#page/151/mode/1up). Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 73.

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