Lexias aeropa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Lexias |
Species: | L. aeropa |
Binomial name | |
Lexias aeropa (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Synonyms | |
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Lexias aeropa, the orange-banded plane, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South-East Asia and Australia.
Females have a wingspan of about 85 mm, making them larger than males with a wingspan of about 6 mm. The adults are dark brown with a broad orange band across each wing. The underside is similar, but paler and rather mottled.
The larvae feed on Calophyllum species.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
- L. a. aeropa (southern Moluccas: Ambon, Ceram, Saparua)
- L. a. angustifascia (Joicey & Noakes, 1915) (Biak, Yapen Islands)
- L. a. choirilus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Waigeu)
- L. a. eporidorix (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (northern Moluccas: Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai)
- L. a. eutychius (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Aru, Kai, West Irian to Papua, Karkar Island, Cape York)
- L. a. hegias (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Bismarck Archipelago: New Britain, New Ireland)
- L. a. helvidius (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Buru)
- L. a. orestias (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Sula Islands: Taliabu, Mangoly, possibly Sanana)
- L. a. paisandrus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Moluccas: Obi)
References
- ^ "Lexias Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Lexias aeropa, Australian Insects
Taxon identifiers | |
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Euthalia aeropa |
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