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Euploea eleusina

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Euploea eleusina
In Jacob Hübner's Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. eleusina
Binomial name
Euploea eleusina
Cramer, [1777][1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio eleusina Cramer, [1780]
  • arona Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea mniszechii C. & R. Felder, 1859
  • Euploea vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, [1865]

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

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  • E. e. eleusina (Java, Bali, Kangean)
  • E. e. mniszechii C. & R. Felder, 1859 (South Sulawesi)
  • E. e. vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Sulawesi)
  • E. e. aganor Fruhstorfer, 1910 (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

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The larva feeds on Streblus asper.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cramer, [1777] Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  3. ^ 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
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  • Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms