Euploea boisduvali

Euploea boisduvali
Euploea boisduvali in Felder and Felder Reise Fregatte Novara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species: E. boisduvali
Binomial name
Euploea boisduvali
Lucas, 1852 [1]
Synonyms
  • Euploea paykullei Butler, 1876
  • Deragena childreni Moore, 1883
  • Euploea (Chirosa) era de Nicéville, 1902
  • lystra Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea fraudulenta rendovana Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • melana Strand, 1914
  • simmondsi Poulton, 1924
  • Euploea herrichii C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Vadebra mangoensis Butler, 1884
  • Danais eleutho Godart, [1824]
  • Danaide eleutho Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
  • Euploea proserpina Butler, 1866
  • Euploea brenchleyi Butler, 1870
  • Euploea torvina Butler, [1876]
  • Euploea fraudulenta Butler, 1882
  • Euploea bigamica Strand, 1914
  • Euploea pyrgion Godman & Salvin, 1888

Euploea boisduvali , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found in the Australasian realm [2]

Subspecies

  • E. b. boisduvali (Fiji)
  • E. b. brenchleyi Butler, 1870 (Bougainville, San Cristobal, Santa Ana, Ugi, Rennel)
  • E. b. torvina Butler, [1876] (Tana, Aneityum)
  • E. b. fraudulenta Butler, 1882 (Woodlark, Solomons)
  • E. b. pyrgion Godman & Salvin, 1888 (Malaita, Guadalcanal, Florida Island)
  • E. b. albomarginata Carpenter, 1942 (San Cristobal, Santa Ana)
  • E. b. rileyi Poulton, 1924 (New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands)
  • E. b. bakeri Poulton, 1926 (New Hebrides, Banks Island)
  • E. b. addenda Howarth, 1962 (Solomons: Bellona Island)

Etymology

The name honours Jean Baptiste Boisduval.

References

  1. Lucas, 1852 Description de nouvelles Espèces de Lépidoptères appartenant aux Collections entomologiques du Musée de Paris Revue Mag. Zool. (2) 4 (3): 128-141 (1852), 4 (4): 189-198 (1852), 4 (6): 290-300 (1852), 4 (7): 324-343 (1852), 4 (9): 422-432, pl. 10 (1852), 5 (7): 310-322 (1853)
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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