Euthalia alpheda

Euthalia alpheda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euthalia
Species:	E. alpheda
Binomial name
Euthalia alpheda (Godart, [1824])
Synonyms
Nymphalis alphedaGodart, [1824] Adolias alphedaGeorges Cuvier, [1836] [1] Adolias partaMoore, [1858] Adolias jamaC. & R. Felder, [1867] Euthalia jama f. jamidaFruhstorfer, 1906 Euthalia numericaWeymer, 1885 Euthalia aconthea bangkanaFruhstorfer, 1906 Euthalia alpheda yamunaFruhstorfer, 1906 Euthalia kedaPendlebury, 1939

Euthalia alpheda is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). ^[2] Female above deeper olive green.The transcellular white spots clear, not reaching further than the upper median, whence it continues to the inner angle in the shape of a pale yellowish-grey band.Male beneath pale grey green, female greenish with faded whitish-violet outer area. ^[3]

Subspecies

• E. a. alpheda (Java)
• E. a. parta(Moore, [1858]) (northern Borneo)
• E. a. jama(C. & R. Felder, [1867]) (Nepal, Sikkim, Assam)
• E. a. numericaWeymer, 1885 (Nias)
• E. a. pheladaSemper, 1888 (Philippines: Luzon)
• E. a. bangkanaFruhstorfer, 1906 (Bangka) A pale form smaller than all its allies, with uncommonly deeply obscured submarginal bands. The subapical striae on the under surface of the forewings are very short, but prominent. On the female hindwing the median band is broadly suffused with violet, accompanied distally by larger brown submarginal spots
• E. a. krannonFruhstorfer, 1906 (Borneo)
• E. a. yamunaFruhstorfer, 1906 (Peninsular Malaya, Peninsular Thailand) lacks white median spots on the hindwings, but with broad white bands on the forewings. Above it is paler grey-brown than alpheda.
• E. a. kenodotusFruhstorfer, 1906 (Sumatra) Male beneath deeper brown than alpheda; female forewing somewhat like yamuna but with less distinct median stripes. Hindwing with a broad white median band, broadly'suffused with purple in specimens from the North-East.
• E. a. verenaFruhstorfer, 1913 (Burma, Thailand)
• E. a. cusamaFruhstorfer, 1913 (Philippines: Mindanao)
• E. a. soreginaFruhstorfer, 1913 (Sulu Islands)
• E. a. dammermanivan Eecke, 1932
• E. a. langkawicaEliot, 1980 (Langkawi)
• E. a. liaoiSchröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Panay)
• E. a. sibuyanaSchröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Sibuyan, Romblon Group)
• E . a. rodrigueziSchröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Palawan)
• E. a. mindorensisSchröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Mindoro)
• E. a. leytanaSchröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Leyte)

References

1. Cuvier, Georges (1836). "Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation".
2. "Euthalia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. 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 .