Euploea tulliolus

Euploea tulliolus, the dwarf crow or small brown crow, is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and Australia, that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It has a wingspan of about 4 to 8 centimeters.[2]

Dwarf crow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. tulliolus
Binomial name
Euploea tulliolus
Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms
  • Euploea inquinata
    (Butler, 1866) [1]

Due to the purple iridescence of the butterfly under sunlight, the butterfly is also commonly referred to as the purple crow (紫斑蝶).[3]

References

  1. "Euploea tulliolus ledereri Felder & Felder,1860". yutaka.it-n.jp. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. "紫蝶生??说". Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Purple Crow, Brisbane Insects


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