Chonala masoni

Chumbi wall
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Chonala
Species:
C. masoni
Binomial name
Chonala masoni
(Elwes, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Debis masoni Elwes, 1882

Chonala masoni, the Chumbi wall, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Bhutan, China and north-eastern India.

The species is named the Chumbi wall after the Chumbi Valley where it was "presumed" to have been collected by a native collector and passed on to Henry John Elwes in 1881 when he visited Sikkim with Frederick DuCane Godman. It was originally described as a species in the genus Debis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Elwes, HJ (1882). "On a Collection of Butterflies from Sikkim". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 398–406.


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