Euploea nechos

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Euploea nechos
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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.

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Description

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References

  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".