Lexias cyanipardus, the great archduke, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1869. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Lexias cyanipardus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lexias
Species:
L. cyanipardus
Binomial name
Lexias cyanipardus
(Butler, [1869])[1]

Subspecies edit

  • L. c. cyanipardus Assam to Yunnan
  • L. c. grandis Yokochi, 1991 Thailand, Yunnan

References edit

  1. ^ Butler, A. G [1869] A monographic Revision of the Lepidoptera hitherto included in the Genus Adolias, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868 (3) : 599-615, pl. 45

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