Tufted jungleking | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Thauria |
Species: | T. aliris |
Binomial name | |
Thauria aliris (Westwood, 1858) | |
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Thauria aliris, the tufted jungleking, is a butterfly found in South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Distribution
The tufted jungleking ranges among Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo and Tonkin.
Status
In 1932, William Harry Evans reported the butterfly as very rare in northern Myanmar.
See also
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
Cited references
- ^ "Thauria Moore, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 133–134.
References
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Thauria aliris |
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