Euploea eleutho (Latreille & Godart, 1819:815)
Marianas monarch butterfly
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Danais Eleutho Latreille & Godart, 1819:815 (original combination); Euploea algea eleutho (Latreille & Godart, 1819:815)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1975 (Suckling et al. 2004)
Distribution
Marianas Islands (Alamagan, Anatahan, Guam, Saipan and Rota)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Latreille, M. and Godart, M. (1819). Espèces Additionnelles (Supplement), pp. 809-828. In: Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux 9(2): 329-828.
Other references:
Latreille, M. and Godart, M. (1824). Des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes, pp. 517-558. In: Quoy, J. R. C. and Gaimard, J. P. (eds.). Voyage Autour du Monde Entrepris par Ordre du Roi, Exé-cuté sur les Corvettes de S. M. L’Uranie et La Physicienne, Pendant les Années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820 par M. L. de Freycinet. Zoologie Tome 3 (Freycinet L. de, ed.). Paris: Pillet Aîné.
Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.
Swezey, Otto Herman. (1921). The Butterflies of the Samoan Islands. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. 4(3): 601-607.
Swezey, Otto Herman. (1942). Lepidoptera, Butterflies of Guam. In: Insects of Guam I. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Biship Museum Bulletin 172: 31-38. [NB: remove the 's' from 'https' to view]
USFWS. 1997. Notice of Reclassification of Ten Candidate Taxa. United States Fish and Wildife Service, September 19, 1997, 62 FR 49191.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1997-09-19/pdf/97-24806.pdf