Aemona lena, the white dryad,[1] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

White dryad
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aemona
Species:
A. lena
Binomial name
Aemona lena
Atkinson, 1872

Distribution

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In South East Asia the white dryad ranges from Myanmar (Karen Hills, the Shan Hills and around Maymyo) to Yunnan (south west China).[1][2]

Status

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In 1932, William Harry Evans wrote that the subspecies Aemona lena haynei, Tytler is not rare in the Shan States. The nominate subspecies, Aemona lena lena, Atkinson is rare in the Karen Hills.[2]

See also

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Cited references

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  1. ^ a b "Aemona Hewitson, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 131.

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