Euploea modesta

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]

E. m. lorzae

Euploea modesta
both E. m. modesta Phi Phi, Thailand
Scientific 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

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)

References

1. Butler, 1866 A Monograph of the diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Genus Euploea, with Descriptions of many new Species, founded principally on the Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866 (2): 268-302, pl. 29-30
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

• Funet.fi by Markku Savela

Data related to Euploea modesta at Wikispecies