Eooxylides tharis

Eooxylides tharis, the branded imperial, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1837. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Eooxylides tharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Eooxylides
Species:	E. tharis
Binomial name
Eooxylides tharis (Geyer, [1837])[1]
Synonyms
Oxylides tharis Geyer, [1837] Myrina pharis Westwood, [1851] Eooxylides distanti Riley, 1942

Subspecies

• Eooxylides tharis tharis (Sumatra)
• Eooxylides tharis distanti Riley, 1942 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Tioman, Thailand)
• Eooxylides tharis latipictus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Nias)
• Eooxylides tharis tharisides Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Borneo)
• Eooxylides tharis javanicus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Java)
• Eooxylides tharis enganicus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Enggano)
• Eooxylides tharis watsoni van Eecke, 1914 (Simuelue)
• Eooxylides tharis ritsemae van Eecke, 1914 (Belitung)

Gallery

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  Bukit Gasing, Malaysia