Hyponephele lupinus

Oriental meadow brown
Figure of underside of a female (left) and a male (right) from Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hyponephele
Species: H. lupinus
Binomial name
Hyponephele lupinus
(O. Costa, 1776)

Hyponephele lupinus, the Oriental meadow brown, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa, South West Europe, South Russia, Asia Minor, South Siberia, the Middle Asia, Iran and from Baluchistan to Nepal.

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