Tuesday 28 October 2014

Euthalia phemius (White-Edged Blue Baron) - Sikkim Butterfly

Euthalia phemius (White-Edged Blue Baron)
Place : Namthang, South Sikkim
Date: Septermber 30, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan


Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Arthropoda
Class:             Insecta
Order:            Lepidoptera
Family:           Nymphalidae
Genus:            Euthalia
Species:           E. phemius

Binomial name: Euthalia phemius (Doubleday, 1848)

Other Names:  White-Edged Blue Baron

Special feature:  The male and female of this species look very different - the male is smaller and has large blue patches on its hindwings.

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