Euthalia merta
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| Euthalia merta | |
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| Euthalia merta in Rhopalocera Malayana (figures1, 2 ) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euthalia |
| Species: | E. merta |
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| Euthalia merta | |
Euthalia merta, the dark-male baron, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is a large butterfly with forewings with an angular apex and concave outer edge and hindwings with an angular anal angle.The wings are beige to brown, marbled.
Subspecies
[edit]- E. m. merta Assam to Peninsular Malaya, Singapore
- E. m. apicalis (Vollenhoven, 1862) Borneo
- E. m. pseudomerta Fruhstorfer, 1906 Sumatra
- E. m. prisca Fruhstorfer, 1913 Bangka
- E. m. phantasma Fruhstorfer, 1913 Nias
- E. m. pseuderiphyle Fruhstorfer, 1913
- E. m. karina Kalis, 1933 Sabang
- E. m. milleri Pendlebury, 1939 Langkawi Is.
- E. m. tioma Eliot, 1978 Pulau Tioman
- E. m. schoenigi Schröder & Treadaway, 1978 Philippines (Negros)
References
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- ^ Moore, 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
- ^ "Euthalia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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