''Euploea usipetes'' is a
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae. It was described by
William Chapman Hewitson in 1858. It is
endemic to
New Guinea and neighbouring
Cape York Peninsula in the
Australasian realm.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9]
Subspecies
*''E. u. usipetes'' (New Guinea, Aru, Papua, Yule Island, Cape York, Thursday Island).
*''E. u. rezia''
(Kirby, 1894) (West Irian, New Guinea - Papua, Yule Island, Samarai, Goodenough, Fergusson Island).
References
External links
''Euploea''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Euploea
Butterflies described in 1858
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