Euthalia whiteheadi

Euthalia whiteheadi
E. whiteheadi - Mount Dempo, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euthalia
Species:	E. whiteheadi
Binomial name
Euthalia whiteheadi Grose-Smith, 1889 [1]

Euthalia whiteheadi is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm. ^[2] It is a larger Euthalia, with broad black margins and small white subapical spots; under surface of the hindwing almost black-violet with yellowish costal area and an oblong patch at the apex of the cell. ^[3]

Subspecies

• E. w. whiteheadi Borneo
• E. w. mariaeFruhstorfer, 1904 Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
• E. w. culminicolaFruhstorfer, 1894 Java

References

1. Grose-Smith, H., 1889 Descriptions of ten more new Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3 (16) : 312-319 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 .