Euploea modesta
both E. m. modesta
Phi Phi, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. modesta
Binomial name
Euploea modesta
Butler, 1866[1]
Synonyms
  • Euploea moorei Butler, 1866
  • Crastia cupreipennis Moore, [1879]
  • Menama tavoyana Moore, 1883
  • Menama mouhotii Moore, 1883
  • Tronga brookei Moore, 1883
  • Euploea (Tronga) morrisi Hagen, 1898
  • Tronga morrisi Hagen, 1902
  • Euploea (Menama) moorei thiemei Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • subpunctata Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea moorei anambalis van Eecke, 1915
  • Euploea deheeri crumena van Eecke, 1915
  • ainoae Bryk, 1937
  • griseitincta Carpenter, 1942
  • Menama tavoyana Elwes & de Nicéville, 1887
  • Euploea lugens Butler, 1876
  • Oranasma smithii Moore, 1883
  • Crastia cerberus Butler, 1882
  • Euploea buxtoni Moore, 1883
  • Menama lorzae Moore, 1883
  • Euploea deheerii Doherty, 1891
  • Euploea kühni Röber, 1891
  • Euploea (Patosa) obscura Pagenstecher, 1894
  • Euploea (Menama) suavissima Fruhstorfer, 1897
  • Euploea (Menama) deheeri salinator Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Euploea (Menama) de heeri lamos Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Euploea werneri Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Euploea alecto misagenes Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea insulicola Strand, 1914
  • Euploea incerta Joicey & Noakes, 1915
  • Euploea tiomana Corbet, 1937
  • Euploea jennessi Carpenter, 1941

Euploea modesta, the plain blue crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.[2]

E. m. lorzae

Subspecies

  • E. m. modesta (India to Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Indo-China)
  • E. m. lugens Butler, 1876 (Papua, East New Guinea)
  • E. m. cerberus (Butler, 1882) (East New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, Biak)
  • E. m. buxtoni (Moore, 1883) (Sumatra)
  • E. m. lorzae (Moore, 1883) (Borneo)
  • E. m. deheeri (Doherty, 1891) (Sumbawa)
  • E. m. kuehni Röber, 1891 (Flores)
  • E. m. obscura Pagenstecher, 1894 (Bismarck Archipelago)
  • E. m. suavissima Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Lombok)
  • E. m. salinator Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Alor)
  • E. m. lamos Fruhstorfer, 1904 (East Java)
  • E. m. werneri Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Manam Island)
  • E. m. misagenes Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Karkar Island)
  • E. m. deriopes Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hainan)
  • E. m. insulicola Strand, 1914 (Admiralty Islands)
  • E. m. incerta Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)
  • E. m. tiomana Corbet, 1937 (Pulau Tioman)
  • E. m. jennessi Carpenter, 1941 (Goodenough Island)

References

  1. ↑ Butler, 1866 A Monograph of the diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Genus Euploea, with Descriptions of many new Species, founded principally on the Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (2): 268-302, pl. 29-30
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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