Mycalesis fuscum, the Malayan bush brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, and Nias.

Malayan bush brown
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mycalesis
Species:
M. fuscum
Binomial name
Mycalesis fuscum
(C. & R. Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis fusca
  • Dasyomma fuscum C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Mycalesis diniche Hewitson, 1862
  • Mycalesis margites Hewitson, 1874
  • Mycalesis margarites
  • Mycalesis adustata Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Mycalesis musculus Fruhstorfer, 1906

Subspecies

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  • Mycalesis fuscum fuscum (Peninsular Malaya)
  • Mycalesis fuscum diniche Hewitson, 1862 (Java)
  • Mycalesis fuscum adustata Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Borneo)
  • Mycalesis fuscum musculus Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Nias)

References

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  1. ^ "Mycalesis Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms