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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.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16112/euploea-desjardinsii

 

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