Biology:Sumalia daraxa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Sumalia |
| Species: | S. daraxa
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| Sumalia daraxa (Doubleday, 1848)[1]
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Sumalia daraxa, the green commodore, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.(Himalayas, NE.India, N.Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Indo-China).The wingspan is 60 to 70 millimeters.The upper surface of the forewings in both females and males is dark brown. A light green band extends across the postdiscal region on both pairs of wings, breaking up into spots towards the apex on the forewings . However, the green hue fades with age. A row of round black spots is visible in the submarginal region of the upper surface of the hindwings. An orange-red spot stands out at the anal angle . On the reddish-brown undersides of the wings, the pattern of the uppersides is somewhat paler and includes white bands. The basal region of the hindwings is cream-colored.
References
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ.
Cited reference
- ↑ "Sumalia Moore, [1898]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Wikidata ☰ Q7636925 entry
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