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Euploea Fabricius 1807

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Danaini

Introduction

The genus Euploea ranges from the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean to the Fiji Islands, Samoa and Tahiti. Most species are medium-sized brownish butterflies with bands of marginal white spots, while some are strikingly irridescent blue/purple. Many of the larger Australasian islands are home to mimetic assemblages of Euploea spp.. Larval host plants include the families Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae and Moraceae.

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Immatures of Euploea core corinna. Larva (left) and pupa (right). © 2005 melanie cook

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

The tree shown here is based on Ackery and Vane-Wright's (1984) cladistic analysis of morphological characters, with the addition of some geographical species related to E. core elevated to specific status by Vane-Wright (1993). A few of the numerous additional generic names of Moore and others are occasionally used to designate subgenera within Euploea.

Other Names for Euploea Fabricius 1807

References

Ackery PR, and Vane-Wright RI. 1984. Milkweed butterflies. British Museum (Natural History), London.

Vane-Wright RI. 1993. Milkweed butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danainae) and conservation priorities in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Butterflies, Japan (4): 21–33.

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Scientific Name Euploea core
Location Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source A butterfly day
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Michael Jefferies
Scientific Name Euploea mulciber barsine
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source IMG_0281a1
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 leemt2
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2008. Euploea Fabricius 1807. Version 21 June 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Euploea/70704/2008.06.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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