Sephisa princeps
# Sephisa princeps

Sephisa princeps is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Heinrich Fixsen in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri), north-eastern China and Korea. The habitat consists of oak forests.

## Behaviour and ecology

Adults are on wing from July to August.

Females occur in tree crowns while males, usually solitary, often occur on puddles. The female lays eggs in a convolute leaf by some dozens at a time.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica. Larvae of first two instars live gregariously. There are a total of five instars. The pupation takes place in a pupa hanging on the leaf petiole.

## Subspecies

* Sephisa princeps princeps
* Sephisa princeps tsekouensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Yunnan)
* Sephisa princeps chinensis Nguyen, 1984 (China: Hupei)
