Euploea eunice

Euploea eunice, commonly called blue-banded king crow, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the Danaid group (the crows and tigers) of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Blue-banded king crow
Euploea eunice hobsoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euploea
Species:	E. eunice
Binomial name
Euploea eunice (Godart, 1819)

The larva feeds on Ficus, Flacourtia rukam, and Streblus asper.

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Subspecies

• E. e. eunice Philippines, Guam, Japan, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Formosa
• E. e. novarae (Felder, 1862) Nicobars, Andamans
• E. e. vestigiata Butler, 1866 Java, Sumatra
• E. e. hobsoni (Butler, 1877) Taiwan
• E. e. leucogonis (Butler, 1879) Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore
• E. e. meizon (Doherty, 1891) Sumba
• E. e. phane (Doherty, 1891) Enggano
• E. e. juno (Stichel, 1899) Nias
• E. e. coelestis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Laos, North Vietnam, Haina, Southeast China
• E. e. syra (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Borneo, Palawan
• E. e. tisais (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Lombok
• E. e. kandaon Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sumbawa
• E. e. relucida Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bali
• E. e. timaius Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bawean

See also

• Danainae
• Nymphalidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.