''Athyma glora'' is a species of
nymphalid
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
butterfly.
Description
''Athyma glora'' has a wingspan of about . The upperside of the wings is black or dark brown, with blue-white markings. It seems quite similar to ''
Athyma cama''.
Distribution
This species can be found on
Nias Island
Nias ( id, Pulau Nias, Nias language: ''Tanö Niha'') (sometimes called Little Sumatra in English) is an island located off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago () of which the island is the centre, ...
in Indonesia.
[Markku Savela's website on Lepidopter]
''Athyma glora'' species
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Bibliography
* Kheil, N.M. (1884). ''Zur Fauna des Indo-Malayischen Archipels. Die Rhoplalocera der Insel Nias Rhopalocera'' Ins. Nias: -5 6-38, 5pls. Berlin
''The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal''
References
Butterflies described in 1884
Athyma
Butterflies of Indonesia
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