Euploea eleusina
Euploea eleusina | |
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In Jacob Hübner's Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euploea |
Species: | E. eleusina
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Binomial name | |
Euploea eleusina | |
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Euploea eleusina, or Vollenhov's crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in the Indomalayan realm crossing the Wallace line to Sulawesi in the Australasian realm.[2]
Subspecies[]
- E. e. eleusina (Java, Bali, Kangean)
- E. e. mniszechii C. & R. Felder, 1859 (South Sulawesi)
- E. e. vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Sulawesi)
- E. e. aganor Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Banggai Island)
- E. e. hygina Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Alor)
- E. e. anitra Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Central Sulawesi)
- E. e. palata Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Central Sulawesi)
Biology[]
The larva feeds on Streblus asper.
References[]
External links[]
- Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Categories:
- Euploea
- Butterflies described in 1777
- Nymphalidae stubs