Euthalia nara
| Euthalia nara | |
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| Euthalia nara Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euthalia |
| Species: | E. nara
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| Binomial name | |
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Euthalia nara, the bronze duke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
Description[edit]
Adolias nara n. sp.—Female. Upperside dark glossy golden olive-green, with blackish marginal and sub-marginal lines : forewing with oblique transverse row of six white spots, from middle of costal margin to near posterior angle, also two small sub-apical white spots ; marks within discoidal cell black : hind-wing with two white spots on costal margin near the angle. Underside glossy verdigris -green, apically olive-green : fore-wing with markings as above, but more defined and whiter ; lower part of disc patched with blue-black : hind-wing with transverse row of six white spots from costal margin to near the posterior angle ; indistinct discoidal markings. Ciliae white. Expanse 3 and 5/12inches.In Museum Entomological Society of London.
Subspecies[edit]
- E. n. nara India, Sikkim, Nepal, N.Assam; Burma, Yunnan
- E. n. alutoya Fruhstorfer, 1913
- E. n. nagaensis Tytler, 1940 Naga Hils
- E. n. kalawrica Tytler, 1940 Shan States
- E. n. shania Evans, 1924 Shan States, Thailand, Yunnan
- E. n. hainanana Gu, 1994 Hainan
References[edit]
- ^ Moore,F., 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
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ " "Euthalia" Hübner, [1819 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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