Euploea euphon desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Desjardin's monarch butterfly, Rodrigues crow
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Danaida (Euplea) [sic]) desjardinsii Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (original combination); Euploea desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Conservation Status
Missing
Distribution
Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Guérin-Méneville. (1844). Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier. Insectes 474 (576 pp.). Paris.
Other references:
Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (eds.) (1995). Carcasson’s African Butterflies. CSIRO, Australia.
Henning, Graham. (2015). Lepidoptera conservation in South Africa - part 2. Babbel Blues 3: 18-23.
Vinson, J. (1938). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the Mascarene Islands. Mauritius Inst. Bull. 1(4): 69pp.
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