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Euploea tulliolus

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Dwarf crow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. tulliolus
Binomial name
Euploea tulliolus
Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms
  • Euploea inquinata
    (Butler, 1866) [1]

Euploea tulliolus, the dwarf crow or small brown crow, is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and Australia, that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It has a wingspan of about 4 to 8 centimeters.[2]

Due to the purple iridescence of the butterfly under sunlight, the butterfly is also commonly referred to as the purple crow.[3]

The Taiwanese population engages in a mass migration from the north of Taiwan to the south and back again. During the migration the main highway blocking their route has protective netting put in place and butterfly numbers are tracked with traffic restricted during the peak of the swarm's crossing.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Euploea tulliolus ledereri Felder & Felder,1860". yutaka.it-n.jp. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ^ "紫蝶生??说". Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Purple Crow, Brisbane Insects
  4. ^ Yi-ching, Chiang; Lo, James. "Southern freeway lane closed for purple crow butterfly migration". Southern freeway lane closed for purple crow butterfly migration. Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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