Euploea nechos
Species of butterfly
Euploea nechos | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euploea |
Species: | E. nechos |
Binomial name | |
Euploea nechos Mathew, 1887 |
Euploea nechos is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands that belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.[1] The species was first described by Mathew in 1887.
Description
Subspecies
- E. n. nechos
- E. n. pronax Godman & Salvin, 1888
- E. n. prusias Godman & Salvin, 1888[2]
See also
- Danainae
- Nymphalidae
- Butterflies of the Solomon Islands
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Euploea nechos".
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