Sephisa princeps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Sephisa |
Species: | S. princeps
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Binomial name | |
Sephisa princeps | |
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Sephisa princeps is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Heinrich Fixsen in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri), north-eastern China and Korea. The habitat consists of oak forests.
Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.[2] Larvae of first two instars live gregariously. There are a total of five instars.[3]