Thauria aliris

Tufted Jungleking
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 northern Myanmar.[2]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Thauria genus.
  2. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 133–134.

References

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