Athyma opalina

Himalayan sergeant
	File:Himalayan Sergeant (Athyma opalina) at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 270.jpg
	At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Athyma
Species:	A. opalina
Binomial name
	Athyma opalina; (Kollar, 1844)

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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