Biology:Euploea eunice
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Blue-banded king crow | |
|---|---|
| Euploea eunice hobsoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euploea |
| Species: | E. eunice
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| Binomial name | |
| Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819) [1]
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Euploea eunice, commonly called the blue-banded king crow, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the Danaid group (the crows and tigers) of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
The larva feeds on Ficus, Flacourtia rukam, and Streblus asper.
Subspecies
- E. e. eunice Philippines, Guam, Japan, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Formosa
- E. e. novarae (Felder, 1862) [2]Nicobars, Andamans
- E. e. vestigiata Butler, 1866 [3] Java, Sumatra
- E. e. hobsoni (Butler, 1877) [4] Taiwan
- E. e. leucogonis (Butler, 1879) [5] Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore
- E. e. meizon (Doherty, 1891) [6] Sumba
- E. e. phane (Doherty, 1891) Enggano
- E. e. juno (Stichel, 1899) [7] Nias
- E. e. coelestis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) [8] Laos, North Vietnam, Haina, Southeast China
- E. e. syra (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Borneo, Palawan
- E. e. tisais (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Lombok
- E. e. kandaon Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sumbawa
- E. e. relucida Fruhstorfer, 1910 [9] Bali
- E. e. timaius Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bawean
See also
- Danainae
- Nymphalidae
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
References
- ↑ Godart J. B. 1819 Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 ([1819])
- ↑ Felder, R. 1862 Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der k. k. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macropepidoteren Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 12 (1/2) : 473-496
- ↑ Butler, A.G. 1866 A Monograph of the diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Genus Euploea, with Descriptions of many new Species, founded principally on the Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 (2) : 268-302, pl. 29-30
- ↑ Butler, A.G. 1877 On a Collection of Lepidoptera made in Northern Formosa Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1877 : 810-816
- ↑ Butler, A. G. 1879 The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8) : 533-568, pl. 68-69
- ↑ Doherty, W. 1891 The Butterflies of Sumba and Sumbawa, with some Account of the Island of Sumba J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 60 Pt.II (2) : 141-197, pl. 2
- ↑ Stichel, H. 1899 [sitzungsberichte] Berl. ent. Z. 44 (1/2) (sb): 8,11-13,20,28
- ↑ Fruhstorfer, H. 1902 Neue Indo-Australische Lepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2) : 334-350
- ↑ Fruhstorfer, H. 1910 3. Familie: Danaidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Wikidata ☰ Q2674249 entry
