Euploea eleusina
| Euploea eleusina | |
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| In Jacob Hübner's Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euploea |
| Species: | E. eleusina |
| 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 [3] (South Sulawesi)
- E. e. vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, [1865] [4] (Sulawesi)
- E. e. aganor Fruhstorfer, 1910 [5] (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.[6]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ C. & R. Felder, 1859 Lepidopterologische Fragmente. I-IV Wien. ent. Monats. 3 (6):181, pl. 3, f. 3
- ↑ 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-. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2.
- ↑ Fruhstorfer, H. 1910 Familie: Danaidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. 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
Wikispecies has information related to Euploea eleusina.
- Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms