Euploea nechos

Euploea nechos is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.[1] The species was first described by Mathew in 1887.

Euploea nechos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euploea
Species:
E. nechos
Binomial name
Euploea nechos
Mathew, 1887

Subspecies
  • E. n. nechos
  • E. n. pronax Godman & Salvin, 1888
  • E. n. prusias Godman & Salvin, 1888[2]

See also

References
  1. Ackery, Phillip Ronald (1984). Milkweed butterflies, their cladistics and biology : being an account of the natural history of the Danainae, a subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae. Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin. [London]: British Museum (Natural History). ISBN 0-565-00893-5. OCLC 11364239.
  2. http://insecta.pro/taxonomy/53346


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