Zeuxidia doubledayi
In Adalbert Seitz's Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Zeuxidia
Species:
Z. doubledayi
Binomial name
Zeuxidia doubledayi

Zeuxidia doubledayi , the Scarce Saturn, is a large butterfly that belongs to the Morphinae group of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • Z. d. doubledayi (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore)
  • Z. d. horsfieldi C. & R. Felder, [1867] (Borneo)
  • Z. d. sumatrana Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Sumatra: low elevations)
  • Z. d. nicevillei Fruhstorfer, 1895 (Sumatra: Battak Mountains)
  • Z. d. anaxilla Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Bangka)

References

  1. ↑ Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O. 1850–1852, The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera 2. pp. 251–534, pls. 31–80 + suppl. pl. London
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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