Euthalia sahadeva
| Euthalia sahadeva | |
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| Euthalia sahadeva in Lepidoptera Indica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euthalia |
| Species: | E. sahadeva
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| Binomial name | |
| Euthalia sahadeva | |
Euthalia sahadeva, the green duke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] Male above pale olive green, marked with 5 dull whitish yellow spots united into a sort of band. In the female these spots are nearly clear white. On the hindwing the male has 6 yellowish patches.[3]
Subspecies
- E. s. sahadeva Sikkim, Bhutan
- E. s. narayana Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891 Burma Ground-colour rather paler green than in nadaka female; on the fore wing the spots are smaller.
- E. s. nadaka Fruhstorfer, 1913 Assam small montane form.
- E. s. thawgawa Tytler, 1940 India
- E. s. yanagisawai Sugiyama, 1996 Yunnan, Sichuan
Etymology
Named for the mythical Sahadeva.
References
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- ^ Moore, F., 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
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.