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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Himalayan sergeant
| image = Himalayan Sergeant (Athyma opalina) at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 270.jpg
| image_caption = At [[Jayanti (village)|Jayanti]] in [[Buxa Tiger Reserve]] in [[Jalpaiguri district]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
| taxon = Athyma opalina
| authority = ([[Vincenz Kollar|Kollar]], 1844)
| synonyms =
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'''''Athyma opalina''''', the '''Himalayan sergeant''', is a species of large, tailess [[Nymphalidae|nymphalid]] butterfly found in [[Tropics|tropical]] and [[Subtropics|subtropical]] [[evergreen forest]] regions in [[Asia]] ([[India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]] and [[Bhutan]]), ussualy at a [[elevation]] of 1200 [[Metre|meters]] to 3000 meters. '''A. opalina''' has a [[wingspan]] of 57 [[Millimetre|millimeters]] to 72 millimeters. Athyma oplina primary [[color]] is [[black]] with [[white]] as an associated color. Other colors on Athyma opalina include [[red]], [[brown]] and [[Orange (colour)|orange]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Athyma opalina Kollar, 1844 {{!}} Species |url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/279599 |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=India Biodiversity Portal |language=en}}</ref>

[[Adult|Adults]] of this species feed on [[nectar]], [[sap]] and sometimes decaying [[organic matter]] while larvae feed on some [[Tree|trees]] and [[Poaceae|grasses]]. They live for 12 months.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Himalayan Sergeant (Athyma opalina) |url=https://pictureinsect.com/wiki/Athyma_opalina.html |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Picture Insect |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/ |title=The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) |last1=Beccaloni |first1=George |last2=Scoble |first2=Malcolm |last3=Kitching |first3=Ian |last4=Simonsen |first4=Thomas |last5=Robinson |first5=Gaden |last6=Pitkin |first6=Brian |last7=Hine |first7=Adrian |last8=Lyal |first8=Chris |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=2016-10-15 }}
* {{cite book |last=Evans |first1=W.H. |authorlink=William Harry Evans |title=The Identification of Indian Butterflies |edition=2nd |location=Mumbai, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |year=1932 }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ |title=Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera }}
* {{cite book|last=Wynter-Blyth |first=Mark Alexander |authorlink=Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth |title=Butterflies of the Indian Region |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ |year=1957 |location=Bombay, India |publisher=[[Bombay Natural History Society]] |isbn=978-8170192329 }}

==Cited references==
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==Gallery==
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Image:Himalayan Sergeant (Athyma opalina) at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 268.jpg|At [[Jayanti (village)|Jayanti]] in [[Buxa Tiger Reserve]] in [[Jalpaiguri district]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
Image:Himalayan Sergeant (Athyma opalina) at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 267.jpg|At Jayanti in [[Buxa Tiger Reserve]].
Image:Himalayan Sergeant (Athyma opalina) at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 266.jpg|At Jayanti in [[Buxa Tiger Reserve]].
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[[Category:Athyma|opalina]]
[[Category:Butterflies of Asia]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of Nepal]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Himalayas]]
[[Category:Fauna of Tibet]]
[[Category:Butterflies described in 1844]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Vincenz Kollar]]

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Athyma opalina - Revision history

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