Nicobar crow

The Nicobar crow (Euploea scherzeri) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands of India.

Nicobar crow
Specimens originally labelled as E. climena simulatrix
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euploea
Species:	E. scherzeri
Binomial name
Euploea scherzeri (Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
Euploea climena simulatrix (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)

Description

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The following description is from Bingham (1907) and represents only the forms described under Euploea climena simulatrix. Male and female: Shape of wings more or less as in E. modesta, dorsum straighter near tornus in male. Upperside dark brown, the margins broadly paler; Female altogether paler than the male; forewing and hindwing in male uniform unspotted, in female with a small pinkish-white costal spot. Underside: ground colour similar; forewing: a spot at apex of discoidal cell, a small costal spot, and three discal spots bluish white. Hindwing: a bluish-white spot at apex of discoidal cell with five or six discal spots beyond. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen very dark brown, almost black head, thorax and abdomen spotted with white.^[2]