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Thauria lathyi

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Jungleking
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Thauria
Species:
T. lathyi
Binomial name
Thauria lathyi

Thauria lathyi, the jungleking,[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

Distribution

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The jungleking ranges from Manipur to southern Myanmar.[1][2] and Indochina.

A related species, the tufted jungleking (Thauria aliris Frühstorfer, 1902) occurs in Asia.

Status

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Evans reports the butterfly as rare in its range.[2]

Etymology

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The name honours Percy Ireland Lathy.

See also

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Cited references

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  1. ^ a b "Thauria Moore, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 133–134.

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