Thauria aliris
| Tufted Jungleking | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Thauria |
| Species: | T. aliris |
| Binomial name | |
| Thauria aliris Frühstorfer, 1902 | |
The Tufted Jungleking Thauria aliris Frühstorfer, 1902 [1] is a butterfly found in South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
Distribution
The Tufted Jungleking ranges from Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo and Tonkin.[1][2]
Status
Evans reports the butterfly as Very Rare in North Myanmar.[2]
Cited references
- 1 2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Thauria genus.
- 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, pg 133-134.
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. Gangtok, Sikkim.
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
See also
- Morphinae
- Nymphalidae
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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