Mimathyma chevana
| Mimathyma chevana | |
|---|---|
| Mimathyma chevana in Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (figure 6 as Apatura chevana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Mimathyma |
| Species: | M. chevana |
| Binomial name | |
| Mimathyma chevana (Moore, 1865) | |
Mimathyma chevana, the sergeant emperor, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.
There are two subspecies:
- M. c. chevana Sikkim, Assam, northern Myanmar
- M. c. leechii Moore, [1896] western and central China
Mimathyma chevana mimics Athyma opalina.