Euthalia monina

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Euthalia monina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euthalia
Species: E. monina
Binomial name
Euthalia monina
(Moore, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Papilio monina Fabricius, 1787
  • Adolias ramada Moore, 1859
  • Nora perakana Fruhstorfer, 1899
  • Nora gardineri Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Adolias kesava Moore, 1859
  • Euthalia rangoonensis Swinhoe, 1890
  • Adolias salia Moore, 1857

Euthalia monina also known as the Powdered Baron or Malay Baron is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Asia.

Subspecies

  • Euthalia monina monina - Malay Baron (Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi)
  • Euthalia monina insularis Eliot, 1978 (Malaysia)
  • Euthalia monina kesava (Moore, 1859) - Powdered Baron (Sikkim to Assam, Burma, southern Yunnan)
  • Euthalia monina discipilota Moore, 1878 (northern Burma)
  • Euthalia monina remias Corbet (central Burma to Thailand)
  • Euthalia monina varius Tsukada, 1991
  • Euthalia monina grahami Riley & Godfrey, 1921 (Peninsular Thailand)
  • Euthalia monina sastra Fruhstorfer (Indo-China)
  • Euthalia monina tudela Fruhstorfer (southern China, Hainan)
  • Euthalia monina erana de Nicéville (Sumatra, Batu Island)
  • Euthalia monina cordata Weymer, 1887 (Nias)
  • Euthalia monina ilka Fruhstorfer, 1899 (northern Borneo)
  • Euthalia monina natuna Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Natuna Island)
  • Euthalia monina indras Vollenhoven (southern Borneo)
  • Euthalia monina salia (Moore, 1857) (Java)
  • Euthalia monina tanagra Staudinger (Palawan)
  • Euthalia monina suluana Fruhstorfer, 1902 (Sulu Island)
  • Euthalia monina sramana Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Bali)
  • Euthalia monina obsoleta Fruhstorfer, 1897 (Lombok)
  • Euthalia monina jiwabaruana Eliot, 1980 (Mentawai Island)

Several forms are described for subspecies monina, including form monina, decorata (Butler, 1869) and gardineri (Fruhstorfer, 1906).

Biology

Known host-plants of the caterpillars include: Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae), Diospyros melanoxylon (Ebenaceae), Macaranga hullettii, Mallotus subpeltatus (Euphorbiaceae) and Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae)[1]

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Accessed: 18 Aug.2010).


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