Euploea modesta

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Euploea modesta, the plain blue crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1866. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.[2]

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Euploea modesta
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Phi Phi, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. modesta
Binomial name
Euploea modesta
Butler, 1866[1]
Synonyms
  • Euploea moorei Butler, 1866
  • Crastia cupreipennis Moore, [1879]
  • Menama tavoyana Moore, 1883
  • Menama mouhotii Moore, 1883
  • Tronga brookei Moore, 1883
  • Euploea (Tronga) morrisi Hagen, 1898
  • Tronga morrisi Hagen, 1902
  • Euploea (Menama) moorei thiemei Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • subpunctata Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea moorei anambalis van Eecke, 1915
  • Euploea deheeri crumena van Eecke, 1915
  • ainoae Bryk, 1937
  • griseitincta Carpenter, 1942
  • Menama tavoyana Elwes & de Nicéville, 1887
  • Euploea lugens Butler, 1876
  • Oranasma smithii Moore, 1883
  • Crastia cerberus Butler, 1882
  • Euploea buxtoni Moore, 1883
  • Menama lorzae Moore, 1883
  • Euploea deheerii Doherty, 1891
  • Euploea kühni Röber, 1891
  • Euploea (Patosa) obscura Pagenstecher, 1894
  • Euploea (Menama) suavissima Fruhstorfer, 1897
  • Euploea (Menama) deheeri salinator Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Euploea (Menama) de heeri lamos Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Euploea werneri Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Euploea alecto misagenes Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea insulicola Strand, 1914
  • Euploea incerta Joicey & Noakes, 1915
  • Euploea tiomana Corbet, 1937
  • Euploea jennessi Carpenter, 1941
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Subspecies

  • E. m. modesta (India to Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Indo-China)
  • E. m. lugens Butler, 1876 (Papua, East New Guinea)
  • E. m. cerberus (Butler, 1882) (East New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago, Biak)
  • E. m. buxtoni (Moore, 1883) (Sumatra)
  • E. m. lorzae (Moore, 1883) (Borneo)
  • E. m. deheeri (Doherty, 1891) (Sumbawa)
  • E. m. kuehni Röber, 1891 (Flores)
  • E. m. obscura Pagenstecher, 1894 (Bismarck Archipelago)
  • E. m. suavissima Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Lombok)
  • E. m. salinator Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Alor)
  • E. m. lamos Fruhstorfer, 1904 (East Java)
  • E. m. werneri Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Manam Island)
  • E. m. misagenes Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Karkar Island)
  • E. m. deriopes Fruhstorfer, 1911 (Hainan)
  • E. m. insulicola Strand, 1914 (Admiralty Islands)
  • E. m. incerta Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)
  • E. m. tiomana Corbet, 1937 (Pulau Tioman)
  • E. m. jennessi Carpenter, 1941 (Goodenough Island)
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