Euploea radamanthus

Magpie crow
E. r. lowei
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. radamanthus
Binomial name
Euploea radamanthus
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Papilio radamanthus Fabricius, 1793

Euploea radamanthus, the magpie crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.[1] Euploea radamanthus is found in the Eastern Himalayas and into the Malay region.[1]

From Laos

Subspecies

There are several subspecies of this butterfly:[1]

  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. aerithus Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. alcidice (Godart, 1819)
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. despoliata Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. lowii (Butler, 1878)
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. radamanthus
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. ramsayi (Moore, 1890)
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. schildi Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. schreiberi (Butler, 1884)
  • Euploea radamanthus subsp. talboti Tytler, 1939

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Euploea radamanthus (Fabricius, 1793)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 March 2026.