Biology:Euthalia patala
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Euthalia patala | |
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| Euthalia patala Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euthalia |
| Species: | E. patala
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| Binomial name | |
| Euthalia patala Kollar, [1844][1]
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Euthalia patala, the grand duchess, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
Description
Wings olive-green with black in the costal nervure ; the forewings with a spotted white band across the middle, from the middle of the anterior margin towards the posterior angle, and two white spots near the summit; the hinder wings with three spots in the centre of the anterior margin.Under surface like the upper, but of a cinereous colour.Expanse of wings four inches.
Subspecies
- E. p. patala North India, Nepal, Assam
- E. p. taooana (Moore, 1878) Burma, Thailand, China
- E. p. lengba (Tytler, 1940) Maniur
References
- ↑ Kollar, [1844] Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freiherr C. v. Hügel auf seiner Reise durch Kaschmir und das Himaleygebirge gesammelten Insekten in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4 : 393-564, pl. 1-28
- ↑ "Euthalia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q13579804 entry
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