Lexias aeropa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Lexias |
Species: | L. aeropa |
Binomial name | |
Lexias aeropa | |
Synonyms | |
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Lexias aeropa, the orange-banded plane, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia and Australia.
Females have a wingspan of about 85 mm, making them larger than males with a wingspan of about 6 mm. The adults are dark brown with a broad orange band across each wing. The underside is similar, but paler and rather mottled. [2]
The larvae feed on Calophyllum species.
The following subspecies are recognised: [1]
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Lexias pardalis, the common archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
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Miletus leos is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Asia.
Hypolimnas anomala, commonly known as the Malayan eggfly or crow eggfly, is a species of eggfly.
Tirumala hamata, the dark tiger, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is distributed from the Philippines to Australia and Pacific oceanic islands such as Samoa. In Australia, the butterflies perform mass migrations to the south in some years. In April 1995, the butterfly made a rare migratory journey to New Zealand, coinciding with the appearance of Hypolimnas bolina on the islands.
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