Athyma opalina
| Himalayan sergeant | |
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| At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Athyma |
| Species: | A. opalina
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| Binomial name | |
| Athyma opalina (Kollar, 1844)
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Athyma opalina, the Himalayan sergeant, is a species of large, tailess nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical evergreen forest regions in Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan), usually at a elevation of 1200 meters to 3000 meters. A. opalina has a wingspan of 57 millimeters to 72 millimeters. Athyma opalina primary color is black with white as an associated color. Other colors on Athyma opalina include red, brown and orange.[1]
Adults of this species feed on nectar, sap and sometimes decaying organic matter while larvae feed on some trees and grasses. They live for 12 months.[2]
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