Euthalia sahadeva

Euthalia sahadeva
Euthalia sahadeva in Lepidoptera Indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euthalia
Species:	E. sahadeva
Binomial name
Euthalia sahadeva (Moore, 1859) [1]

Euthalia sahadeva, the green duke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm. ^[2] Male above pale olive green, marked with 5 dull whitish yellow spots united into a sort of band. In the female these spots are nearly clear white. On the hindwing the male has 6 yellowish patches. ^[3]

Subspecies

• E. s. sahadeva Sikkim, Bhutan
• E. s. narayanaGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1891 Burma Ground-colour rather paler green than in nadaka female; on the fore wing the spots are smaller.
• E. s. nadakaFruhstorfer, 1913 Assam small montane form.
• E. s. thawgawaTytler, 1940 India
• E. s. yanagisawaiSugiyama, 1996 Yunnan, Sichuan

Etymology

Named for the mythical Sahadeva.

References

1. Moore, F., 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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 .