Mycalesis gotama

Mycalesis gotama, the Chinese bushbrown, is an East Palearctic species of satyrine butterfly found in China, Japan, Assam, Burma, the northeastern Himalayas and northern Vietnam.

The larva feeds on Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus floridulus, Setaria palmifolia, Isachne globosa, Oryza sativa and Bambusa species.

Subspecies

 * M. g. gotama
 * M. g. charaka Moore, [1875] (Assam, northern Vietnam, southern China)
 * M. g. nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
 * M. g. fulginia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)