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| Blue-banded king crow | |
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| Euploea eunice hobsoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euploea |
| Species: | E. eunice |
| Binomial name | |
| Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819) | |
Euploea eunice, commonly called blue-banded king crow, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the Danaid group (the crows and tigers) of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
The larva feeds on Ficus, Flacourtia rukam, and Streblus asper.
Subspecies
[edit]- E. e. eunice Philippines, Guam, Japan, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Formosa
- E. e. novarae (Felder, 1862) Nicobars, Andamans
- E. e. vestigiata Butler, 1866 Java, Sumatra
- E. e. hobsoni (Butler, 1877) Taiwan
- E. e. leucogonis (Butler, 1879) Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore
- E. e. meizon (Doherty, 1891) Sumba
- E. e. phane (Doherty, 1891) Enggano
- E. e. juno (Stichel, 1899) Nias
- E. e. coelestis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Laos, North Vietnam, Haina, Southeast China
- E. e. syra (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Borneo, Palawan
- E. e. tisais (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Lombok
- E. e. kandaon Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sumbawa
- E. e. relucida Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bali
- E. e. timaius Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bawean
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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