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Euploea nechos

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Euploea nechos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. nechos
Binomial name
Euploea nechos
Mathew, 1887

Euploea nechos is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands that belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.[1] The species was first described by Mathew in 1887.

Description

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Subspecies

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  • E. n. nechos
  • E. n. pronax Godman & Salvin, 1888
  • E. n. prusias Godman & Salvin, 1888[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ackery, Phillip Ronald (1984). Milkweed butterflies, their cladistics and biology : being an account of the natural history of the Danainae, a subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin. [London]: British Museum (Natural History). ISBN 0-565-00893-5. OCLC 11364239.
  2. ^ "Euploea nechos".