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Euthalia mahadeva

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Euthalia mahadeva
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Euthalia mahadeva is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

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Description

Males have a dark dusky brown upperside smeared with purple on the exterior margin of the fore-wing and hind-wing with a broad band to the exterior margin, whitish anteriorly, bluish posteriorly, with a central longitudinal row of small, dusky spots. The underside is light brown, with greyish exterior margins, discoidal marks and a submarginal row of indistinct blackish spots.

Subspecies

  • E. m. mahadeva Java
  • E. m. zichri (Butler, 1869) Borneo
  • E. m. rhamases Staudinger, 1889 Philippines
  • E. m. sakii de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra
  • E. m. binghami de Nicéville, 1895 Burma, Thailand
  • E. m. sericea Fruhstorfer, 1896 Nias
  • E. m. zichrina Fruhstorfer, 1904 Peninsular Malaya

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