Euploea stephensii
Appearance
Euploea stephensii | |
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Euploea stephensii sisamis from Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch's Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euploea |
Species: | E. stephensii
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Binomial name | |
Euploea stephensii | |
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Euploea stephensii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- E. s. stephensii (New Guinea)
- E. s. pumila Butler, 1866 (New Guinea)
- E. s. jamesi (Butler, [1877]) (Southeast New Guinea - Papua, Samarai, Tagula Island, Goodenough, Normanby, Fergusson Island)
- E. s. kirschi (Moore, 1883) (Waigeu)
- E. s. salpinxoides (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (West Irian, New Guinea, Manam Island)
- E. s. bismarckiana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) (Umboi Island, New Britain, Duke of York Island, New Ireland, Queen Charlotte Island)
- E. s. flaminia (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Salawati)
- E. s. phokion (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (East New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Karkar Island)
- E. s. garcila Fruhstorfer, 1910 (West New Guinea: Sorong)
- E. s. manusi Carpenter, 1942 (Admiralty Islands)
- E. s. nivana Carpenter, 1953 (Nivani Islands)
References
[edit]- ^ C. & R. Felder, [1865] Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Euploea stephensii.
- Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms