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''Euploea klugii'', the brown king crow or king crow, is a
The male 
The underside is similar, but paler brown and not glossed with blue. The centre of the forewing is dark, the spots are more clearly defined, subterminal and terminal series are more or less complete. The antennae is black. The head, thorax and abdomen are velvety brown, and the head and thorax speckled with bluish white.
Race ''kollari'': upperside: very dark olive brown, paling to lighter brown towards the termen; both wings with a complete or nearly complete series of subterminal and terminal white spots, the former larger than the latter, in the forewing decreasing in size towards, and curving inwards opposite. The apex; in the hindwing, elongate oval, much larger than the terminal spots, these latter very regular, two in each interspace in the forewing, obsolete towards the apex. The underside is pale olive brown, with the spots as on the upperside, with the addition in the forewing of two to four discal spots, the largest two in the interspace, and a small costal spot; in the hindwing of one or two discal specks. Antennae very dark brown; head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, the former two speckled sparsely with white.
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 found in India
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and Southeast Asia
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that belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterfly
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 ...
family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858
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DESCRIPTION
The male forewing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly. They are found on the second and third thoracic segments (the mesothorax and metathorax), and the two pairs are often referred to as the forewings and hindwi ...
is variable in shape, especially in the outline of the termen
Termen is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
Termen is first mentioned in 1201 as ''Terman''.
Geography
Termen has an area, , of . Of this area, 42.2% is used for agricultural purposes, wh ...
and dorsum. It is comparatively long in proportion to its width, owing to the lower convexity of the dorsal margin. It has a termen oblique, slightly convex. In the ' novarae' variety it is broad, the great convexity of the dorsal margin making it almost subquadrate, while the termen is more convex than in the typical form. In the female, the difference is less marked.
The typical form on the upper side is a dark brown forewing suffused up to the termen with a blue gloss, a spot at the apex of the cell, a small costal
Costal may refer to:
* an adjective related to the rib () in anatomy
** Costal cartilage, a type of cartilage forming bars which serve to prolong the ribs forward
** Costal margin, the medial margin formed by the false ribs
** Costal surface (disa ...
spot, and two short streaks beyond the apex of the cell. In the f two discal spots; in the six subterminal and terminal series of spots; the latter series needed. In both sexes, the subterminal spots are produced inwards. All the spots are bluish white. Hindwing umber brown, the centre glossed with blue; subterminal rows of spots incomplete or obsolescent. The former reduced to two or three spots below the apex, the latter in the male mere dots; in the female absent, only seen by transparency from the underside.
The underside is similar, but paler brown and not glossed with blue. The centre of the forewing is dark, the spots are more clearly defined, subterminal and terminal series are more or less complete. The antennae is black. The head, thorax and abdomen are velvety brown, and the head and thorax speckled with bluish white.
Race ''kollari'': upperside: very dark olive brown, paling to lighter brown towards the termen; both wings with a complete or nearly complete series of subterminal and terminal white spots, the former larger than the latter, in the forewing decreasing in size towards, and curving inwards opposite. The apex; in the hindwing, elongate oval, much larger than the terminal spots, these latter very regular, two in each interspace in the forewing, obsolete towards the apex. The underside is pale olive brown, with the spots as on the upperside, with the addition in the forewing of two to four discal spots, the largest two in the interspace, and a small costal spot; in the hindwing of one or two discal specks. Antennae very dark brown; head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, the former two speckled sparsely with white.
Distribution
It is found in Peninsular India, Sri Lanka, and the Malay region. There are many subspecies which are geographically distinct.Subspecies
The subspecies of ''Euploea klugii'' are: *''Euploea klugii klugii'' (Moore, 1857) (northern Bihar; Sikkim to north-eastern India, northern Myanmar) *''Euploea klugii erichsonii'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (southern Myanmar, northern Malaya) *''Euploea klugii kollari'' ( C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Gujarat eastwards to West Bengal and Odisha in India) *''Euploea klugii sinhala'' ( Moore, 1877) (Sri Lanka) *''Euploea klugii minorata'' (Moore, 1878) (Hainan) *''Euploea klugii burmeisteri'' (Moore, 1883) (Thailand, Indochina, south-eastern China, Hainan)See also
*Danainae
Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed, as well as the clearwing butt ...
*Nymphalidae
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 ...
*List of butterflies of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.
India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, i ...
*List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Nymphalidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
Danainae (26 spp)
See List of butterflies of India (Danainae).
Morp ...
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2748418 Euploea Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies described in 1858