| Euthalia patala | |
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| Euthalia patala Uttarakhand, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euthalia |
| Species: | E. patala |
| Binomial name | |
| Euthalia patala | |
Euthalia patala, the grand duchess, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm. [2]
Wings olive-green with black in the costal nervure ; the forewings with a spotted white band across the middle, from the middle of the anterior margin towards the posterior angle, and two white spots near the summit; the hinder wings with three spots in the centre of the anterior margin.Under surface like the upper, but of a cinereous colour.Expanse of wings four inches.
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