Biology:Euploea usipetes

Short description: Species of butterfly

Euploea usipetes
From Hewitson's Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euploea
Species:	E. usipetes
Binomial name
Euploea usipetes Hewitson, 1858
Synonyms
purus van Eecke, 1915 Euploea hippias Miskin, 1890 Hirpada rezia Kirby, 1894 astrifera Fruhstorfer, 1910 albodiscalis Fruhstorfer, 1910

Euploea usipetes is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1858. It is endemic to New Guinea and neighbouring Cape York Peninsula in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

• E. u. usipetes (New Guinea, Aru, Papua, Yule Island, Cape York, Thursday Island).
• E. u. rezia (Kirby, 1894) (West Irian, New Guinea - Papua, Yule Island, Samarai, Goodenough, Fergusson Island).

External links

• Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q2280133 entry