Thauria aliris

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.

Tufted jungleking
Scientific 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

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

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)