Euploea westwoodii
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| Euploea westwoodii meyeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euploea |
| Species: | E. westwoodii
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| Euploea westwoodii | |
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Euploea westwoodii, or Westwood's king crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Celebes in the Australasian realm.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- E. w. westwoodii (South Sulawesi)
- E. w. viola Butler, 1866 (Sulawesi)
- E. w. meyeri Hopffer, 1874 (Sulawesi)
- E. w. labreyi (Moore, 1883) (Sula Islands)
- E. w. bangkaiensis (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Banggai Islands)
- E. w. leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910 Salajar (Salajar)
Etymology
[edit]The species is named for John Obadiah Westwood.
References
[edit]- ^ C. & R. Felder, [1865] Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Euploea westwoodii.
- Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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