Thauria aliris

Tufted jungleking
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Thauria
Species:
T. aliris
Binomial name
Thauria aliris
(Westwood, 1858)[1]
Subspecies
  • T. a. aliris
  • T. a. pseudaliris
  • T. a. intermedia
  • T. a. siamensis
  • T. a. amplifascia
  • T. a. merguia
Synonyms
  • Thaumantis aliris Westwood, 1858
  • Thaumantis pseudaliris Butler, 1877
  • Thauria pseudaliris Butler, 1877

Thauria aliris, the tufted jungleking,[1] is a butterfly found in South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

Distribution

The tufted jungleking ranges among Myanmar, Malaysia, Borneo and Tonkin.[1][2]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported the butterfly as very rare in northern Myanmar.[2]

See also

Cited references

  1. ^ a b c "Thauria Moore, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b 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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