Euploea redtenbacheri

Euploea redtenbacheri, the Malayan crow or Redtenbacher's crow is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.[2]

Euploea redtenbacheri
Euploea redtenbacheri coracina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. redtenbacheri
Binomial name
Euploea redtenbacheri
Synonyms
  • Gamatoba dromius Grose-Smith, 1895
  • Euploea (Gamatoba) spiculifera praxithea Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Papilio dryasis Fabricius, 1793
  • Euploea leachi C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Euploea coracina Hopffer, 1874
  • Gamatoba spiculifera Moore, 1883
  • Euploea spiculifera pydna Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Sarobia leachi albiplaga Fruhstorfer, 1899
  • albiplagiata Fruhstorfer, 1910

Subspecies
  • E. r. redtenbacheri (Sulawesi, Burma, Malaya, Celebes, Moluccas)
  • E. r. leachii C. & R. Felder, [1865] (South Sulawesi)
  • E. r. coracina Hopffer, 1874 (North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi)
  • E. r. spiculifera (Moore, 1883) (Buru, Ambon, Obi)
  • E. r. albiplaga (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Banggai Island)
  • E. r. selayarensis Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979 (Salayar)

Biology

The larva feeds on Strophanthus dichotomus.

Etymology

The name honours Ludwig Redtenbacher.

References
  1. 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
  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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