Euploea stephensii is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Euploea stephensii
Euploea stephensii sisamis from Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch's Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. stephensii
Binomial name
Euploea stephensii
Synonyms
  • Euploea trimenii C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Euploea salabanda Kirsch, 1877
  • Euploea sisamis Kirsch, 1877
  • Calliploea engramelli Moore, 1883
  • parvior Tryon, 1890
  • Calliploea adyte cledonia Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Calliploea trimeni duilia Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Calliploea adyte obiana Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Calliploea adyte parallelis Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • anaitis Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • parvipunctata Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • amantia Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Euploea vulcanica Rothschild, 1915
  • simplificata Hulstaert, 1924
  • Euploea pumila Butler, 1866
  • Calliploea lucinda Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Calliploea jamesi Butler, [1877]
  • Calliploea infantilis Butler, [1877]
  • Calliploea kirschi Moore, 1883
  • Calliploea salpinxoides Fruhstorfer, 1899
  • Calliploea lucinda sublucinda Fruhstorfer, 1899
  • Calliploea salpingoides melitta Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • amida Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Calliploea engrammeli bismarckiana Fruhstorfer, 1900
  • Calliploea jamesi flaminia Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Calliploea phokion Fruhstorfer, 1904

Subspecies

edit
  • E. s. stephensii (New Guinea)
  • E. s. pumila Butler, 1866 (New Guinea)
  • E. s. jamesi (Butler, [1877]) (Southeast New Guinea - Papua, Samarai, Tagula Island, Goodenough, Normanby, Fergusson Island)
  • E. s. kirschi (Moore, 1883) (Waigeu)
  • E. s. salpinxoides (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (West Irian, New Guinea, Manam Island)
  • E. s. bismarckiana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) (Umboi Island, New Britain, Duke of York Island, New Ireland, Queen Charlotte Island)
  • E. s. flaminia (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Salawati)
  • E. s. phokion (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (East New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Karkar Island)
  • E. s. garcila Fruhstorfer, 1910 (West New Guinea: Sorong)
  • E. s. manusi Carpenter, 1942 (Admiralty Islands)
  • E. s. nivana Carpenter, 1953 (Nivani Islands)

References

edit
  1. ^ C. & R. Felder, [1865] Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
edit
  • Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms