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Euthalia mahadeva

Euthalia mahadeva is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Description

Males have a dark dusky brown upperside smeared with purple on the exterior margin of the fore-wing and hind-wing with a broad band to the exterior margin, whitish anteriorly, bluish posteriorly, with a central longitudinal row of small, dusky spots. The underside is light brown, with greyish exterior margins, discoidal marks and a submarginal row of indistinct blackish spots.

Subspecies

  • E. m. mahadeva Java
  • E. m. zichri <small> (Butler, 1869) </small>Borneo
  • E. m. rhamases <small> Staudinger, 1889</small> Philippines
  • E. m. sakii <small> de Nicéville, 1894</small> Sumatra
  • E. m. binghami <small> de Nicéville, 1895</small> Burma, Thailand
  • E. m. sericea <small> Fruhstorfer, 1896</small> Nias
  • E. m. zichrina <small> Fruhstorfer, 1904</small> Peninsular Malaya

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