Euripus nyctelius

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Euripus nyctelius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euripus
Species:
E. nyctelius
Binomial name
Euripus nyctelius
(Doubleday, 1845) [1]

Euripus nyctelius, the courtesan, is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Henry Doubleday in 1845. The females mimic Euploea species. The larva feeds on Trema orientalis . [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Doubleday (1845). "Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Diurnal Lepidoptera". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 16 (104): 176-182, (105): 232-236, (106): 304-308.
  2. d'Abrera, Bernard (1983). Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part II: Nymphalidae, Satyridae, Amathusidae. 290 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.