Limenitis homeyeri


Limenitis homeyeri is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic that belongs to the browns family.

Subspecies

  • Limenitis homeyeri homeyeri Amur
  • Limenitis homeyeri venata Leech, Sichuan, Shaanxi
  • Limenitis homeyeri meridionalis Hall, 1930 Yunnan
  • Limenitis homeyeri sugiyamai Yoshino, 1997 North Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei

Description from Seitz

L. homeyeri Tancre is somewhat more narrow-winged than the previous forms, but very similar lo them, being more delicately marked. The middle spots of the discal row of the forewing as in doerriesi project less distally, the band of the hindwing however is anteriorly narrower and there is a row of distinct venata. small white spots in the marginal area of the hindwing. Amur, Ussuri. — venata Leech is a larger form of a darker tint, with the white markings enlarged, which is especially evident with the cell -streak of the forewing and the band of the hindwing. On the underside too the ground has a deeper colour, the markings are silky white, the band of the hindwing being sharply traversed by the black veins. South -East and West China.

Etymology

The name honours Eugen Ferdinand von Homeyer.