Euthalia mahadeva

Euthalia mahadeva
	Euthalia mahadeva in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euthalia
Species:	E. mahadeva
Binomial name
	Euthalia mahadeva ; (Moore, 1859)

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

Description

Adolias Mahadeva, n. sp. — Male. Upperside dark dusky brown, smeared with purple on exterior margin of fore-wing:hind-wing with a broad band to exterior margin, whitish anteriorly, bluish posteriorly, with a central longitudinal row of small dusky spots. Underside light brown, exterior margins greyish ; discoidal marks and submarginal row of indistinct spots blackish.Expanse 2 and 3/8 inches. Hab. unknown. In the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq.

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

^ 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 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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[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 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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