| Sinhalese five-ring | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Ypthima |
| Species: | Y. singala
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| Binomial name | |
| Ypthima singala Felder, 1868
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Ypthima singala, the Sinhalese five-ring, is a species of Satyrinae butterfly. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1] The common name Jewel Four-ring is sometime used for the species, which is the common name of .
Description
Show sexual dimorphism. In male, dorsal surface of both wings brownish. One large eye-spot and a series of smaller eyespots found on the ventral surface of forewing. This large eyespot can be seen very faintly on dorsal surface. In female, a prominent eye-spot found on the dorsal surface of forewing. Few small eyespots found above the outer margin of the hind wing.[2] Larval food plant is Axonopus compressus.[3]
References
- ^ "Ypthima singala Felder, 1868 – Sinhalese Five-ring". ifoundbutterflies. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Jewel Four-ring - Nethmini siuwa". wildreach. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "Jewel Four-ring (Ypthima singala)". biodiversityofsrilanka. Retrieved 3 April 2018.