Euthalia merta, the dark-male baron, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is a large butterfly with forewings with an angular apex and concave outer edge and hindwings with an angular anal angle.The wings are beige to brown, marbled.

Euthalia merta
Euthalia merta in Rhopalocera Malayana (figures1, 2 )
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euthalia
Species:
E. merta
Binomial name
Euthalia merta
(Moore, 1859)[1]

Subspecies

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  • E. m. merta Assam to Peninsular Malaya, Singapore
  • E. m. apicalis (Vollenhoven, 1862) Borneo
  • E. m. pseudomerta Fruhstorfer, 1906 Sumatra
  • E. m. prisca Fruhstorfer, 1913 Bangka
  • E. m. phantasma Fruhstorfer, 1913 Nias
  • E. m. pseuderiphyle Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • E. m. karina Kalis, 1933 Sabang
  • E. m. milleri Pendlebury, 1939 Langkawi Is.
  • E. m. tioma Eliot, 1978 Pulau Tioman
  • E. m. schoenigi Schröder & Treadaway, 1978 Philippines (Negros)

References

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  1. ^ Moore, 1859 A Monograph of the Genus Adolias, a Genus of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 5 (2): 62-80, (3): 81-87
  2. ^ "Euthalia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms