Chonala masoni
Chonala masoni, the Chumbi wall, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Bhutan, China and north-eastern India.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Chonala |
| Species: | C. masoni |
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| Chonala masoni (Elwes, 1883) | |
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The species is named the Chumbi wall after the Chumbi Valley where it was "presumed" to have been collected by a native collector and passed on to Henry John Elwes in 1881 when he visited Sikkim with Frederick DuCane Godman. It was originally described as a species in the genus Debis.[1]
References
- Elwes, HJ (1882). "On a Collection of Butterflies from Sikkim". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 398–406.
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