Euploea tulliolus

Dwarf crow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euploea
Species:	E. tulliolus
Binomial name
	Euploea tulliolus; Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms
	Euploea inquinata ; (Butler, 1866) ;

Euploea tulliolus, the dwarf crow or small brown crow, is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and Australia, that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It has a wingspan of about 4 to 8 centimeters.^[2]

Due to the purple iridescence of the butterfly under sunlight, the butterfly is also commonly referred to as the purple crow (紫斑蝶).^[3]

References[]

^ "Euploea tulliolus ledereri Felder & Felder,1860". yutaka.it-n.jp. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ "紫蝶生??说". Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Purple Crow, Brisbane Insects

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