Euthalia confucius
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| Euthalia confucius | |
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| Euthalia confucius in Rhopalocera Exotica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euthalia |
| Species: | E. confucius |
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| Euthalia confucius | |
Euthalia confucius is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in Burma, Tibet, China and Vietnam (subspecies gibbsi Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2003). Subspecies E. c. sadona Tytler, 1940 is described from Yunnan.[2] It is a lovely species, differing from Euthalia patala in having on the forewing 3 instead of 2 whitish subapical spots, and in the more variegated under surface of the hindwings.[3]
