Euploea eurianassa

Euploea eurianassa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1858. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.[2]

Euploea eurianassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euploea
Species:
E. eurianassa
Binomial name
Euploea eurianassa
Synonyms
  • cumaxa Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • terentilia Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Penoa thomsoni Kirby, 1889

The larva feeds on Ichnocarpus frutescens.

References
  1. Hewitson, 1858 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
  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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