Euploea eleusina
Species of butterfly
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Euploea eleusina, or Vollenhov's crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in the Indomalayan realm crossing the Wallace line to Sulawesi in the Australasian realm.[2]
| Euploea eleusina | |
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| In Jacob Hübner's Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euploea |
| Species: | E. eleusina |
| Binomial name | |
| Euploea eleusina | |
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Subspecies
- E. e. eleusina (Java, Bali, Kangean)
- E. e. mniszechii C. & R. Felder, 1859 [3] (South Sulawesi)
- E. e. vollenhovii C. & R. Felder, [1865] [4] (Sulawesi)
- E. e. aganor Fruhstorfer, 1910 [5] (Banggai Island)
- E. e. hygina Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Alor)
- E. e. anitra Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Central Sulawesi)
- E. e. palata Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Central Sulawesi)
Biology
The larva feeds on Streblus asper.[6]
