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Euploea eurianassa

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Euploea eurianassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. eurianassa
Binomial name
Euploea eurianassa
Synonyms
  • cumaxa Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • terentilia Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Penoa thomsoni Kirby, 1889

Euploea eurianassa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1858. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.[2]

The larva feeds on Ichnocarpus frutescens.

References

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  1. ^ Hewitson, 1858 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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  • Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms