Euploea eleusina
Appearance
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Euploea eleusina | |
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In Jacob Hübner's Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]The larva feeds on Streblus asper.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Cramer, [1777] Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
- ^ Vane-Wright, R.I, & de Jong, R. (2003). The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 343, 3–267 https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220217/ page 226
External links
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Euploea eleusina.
- Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms