Euploea morosa

Euploea morosa
Euploea morosa lugubris (figures 2, 3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. morosa
Binomial name
Euploea morosa
Butler, 1866[1]
Synonyms
  • Euploea morosa Butler, 1866
  • Euploea morosina Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea morosa gebehensis van Eecke, 1915
  • Chirosa lugubris Grose-Smith, 1894

Euploea morosa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • E. m. morosa (Ternate, Bachan, Halmahera, Obi)
  • E. m. lugubris (Grose-Smith, 1894) [3] (Biak)

References

  1. ↑ Butler A.G, 1866 A Monograph of the diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Genus Euploea, with Descriptions of many new Species, founded principally on the Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 (2) : 268-302, pl. 29-30
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ↑ Grose-Smith, H. 1894 An Account of a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from New Guinea (Parts I-III) - made by Mr. W. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and in neighbouring islands, in the Museum of the honourable Walter Rothschild at Tring, with descriptions of new species Novit. zool. 1 (2): 331-365, (2): 543-551, (3): 571-584
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