Palaeonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. Its one species, Palaeonympha opalina, is found in TaiwanPalaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871. Tolweb. Retrieved 2 August 2012.Palaeonympha opalina: Butler 1871 . Nymphalidae. Retrieved 2 August 2012. and China."Palaeonympha Butler, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
The larvae of subspecies macrophthalmia feed on Lophatherum gracile, Oplismenus undulatifolius (including var. microphyllus) and Miscanthus sinensis.
Subspecies Palaeonympha opalina opalina (China: Shaanxi, Hupei) Palaeonympha opalina macrophthalmia Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Taiwan) Palaeonympha opalina bailiensis Yoshino, 2001 (China: northern Yunnan)
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