- Source: Sephisa princeps
Sephisa princeps is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Heinrich Fixsen in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri), north-eastern China and Korea. The habitat consists of oak forests.
Behaviour and ecology
Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica. Larvae of first two instars live gregariously. There are a total of five instars.
Subspecies
Sephisa princeps princeps
Sephisa princeps tsekouensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Yunnan)
Sephisa princeps chinensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Hupei)
References
Sephisa princeps at Insecta.pro