Palaeonympha

Palaeonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Palaeonympha opalina, is found in Taiwan^[1][2] and China.^[3]

Palaeonympha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subtribe:	Euptychiina
Genus:	Palaeonympha Butler, 1871
Species:	P. opalina
Binomial name
Palaeonympha opalina Butler, 1871

The larvae of subspecies macrophthalmia feed on Lophatherum gracile, Oplismenus undulatifolius (including var. microphyllus) and Miscanthus sinensis.^[3]

Subspecies

• Palaeonympha opalina opalina (China: Shaanxi, Hupei)
• Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Taiwan)
• Palaeonympha opalina bailiensis Yoshino, 2001 (China: northern Yunnan)