Aldania yunnana is a butterfly found in the Palearctic where it is endemic to China that belongs to the browns family.

Aldania yunnana
Aldania yunnana in Seitz (55a)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aldania
Species:
A. yunnana
Binomial name
Aldania yunnana
(Oberthür, 1906) [1]

Description from Seitz

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N. yunnana Oberth. (55a) is extremely similar to the previous forms, smaller, the position of the markings as in Aldania thisbe, their colour bright yellow-ochre, the median band of the hindwing comparatively broad, canary yellow beneath, as are also the spots of the forewing. Before the band of the hindwing a reddish brown area in which are situated several purplish spots; costal margin ochreous yellow at the base, the distal margin brownish, traversed by reddish brown curved lines. Tsekou.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Oberthür, 1906 Observations sur les Neptis à taches jaunes de la région sino-thibétaine Étud. Lepid. Comp. 2 : 7-18, pl. 8-9
  2. ^ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.