Euthalia merta, the dark-male baron, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm. It is a large butterfly with forewings with an angular apex and concave outer edge and hindwings with an angular anal angle. The wings are beige to brown, marbled.
Subspecies
- E. m. merta Assam to Peninsular Malaya, Singapore
- E. m. apicalis <small> (Vollenhoven, 1862) </small> Borneo
- E. m. pseudomerta <small> Fruhstorfer, 1906</small> Sumatra
- E. m. prisca <small> Fruhstorfer, 1913 </small> Bangka
- E. m. phantasma <small> Fruhstorfer, 1913 </small> Nias
- E. m. pseuderiphyle <small> Fruhstorfer, 1913 </small>
- E. m. karina <small> Kalis, 1933</small> Sabang
- E. m. milleri <small> Pendlebury, 1939 </small> Langkawi Is.
- E. m. tioma <small> Eliot, 1978 </small> Pulau Tioman
- E. m. schoenigi<small> Schröder & Treadaway, 1978 </small> Philippines (Negros)
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