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Euthalia mahadeva

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Euthalia mahadeva is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Description

Males have a dark dusky brown upperside smeared with purple on the exterior margin of the fore-wing and hind-wing with a broad band to the exterior margin, whitish anteriorly, bluish posteriorly, with a central longitudinal row of small, dusky spots. The underside is light brown, with greyish exterior margins, discoidal marks and a submarginal row of indistinct blackish spots.

Subspecies

  • E. m. mahadeva Java
  • E. m. zichri (Butler, 1869) Borneo
  • E. m. rhamases Staudinger, 1889 Philippines
  • E. m. sakii de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra
  • E. m. binghami de Nicéville, 1895 Burma, Thailand
  • E. m. sericea Fruhstorfer, 1896 Nias
  • E. m. zichrina Fruhstorfer, 1904 Peninsular Malaya

References

  1. ^ Moore, 1859 A Monograph of the Genus Adolias, a Genus of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 5 (2): 62-80, (3): 81-87 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ " Euthalia " Hübner, [1819" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Euthalia mahadeva: Brief Summary

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Euthalia mahadeva is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

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