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."Mycalesis Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Subspecies M. g. gotama M. g. charaka Moore, (Assam, northern Vietnam, southern China) M. g. nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan) M. g. fulginia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Japan)
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Images representing Mycalesis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life