Euthalia merta

Euthalia merta, the dark-male baron, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Euthalia merta
Euthalia merta in Rhopalocera Malayana (figures1, 2 )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euthalia
Species:
E. merta
Binomial name
Euthalia merta
(Moore, 1859)[1]

Subspecies
  • E. m. merta Assam to Peninsular Malaya, Singapore
  • E. m. apicalis (Vollenhoven, 1862) Borneo
  • E. m. pseudomerta Fruhstorfer, 1906 Sumatra
  • E. m. prisca Fruhstorfer, 1913 Bangka
  • E. m. phantasma Fruhstorfer, 1913 Nias
  • E. m. pseuderiphyle Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • E. m. karina Kalis, 1933 Sabang
  • E. m. milleri Pendlebury, 1939 Langkawai Is.
  • E. m. tioma Eliot, 1978 Pulau Tioman
  • E. m. schoenigi Schröder & Treadaway, 1978 Philippines (Negros)

References
  1. Moore, 1859 A Monograph of the Genus Adolias, a Genus of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Family Nymphalidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 5 (2): 62-80, (3): 81-87
  2. "Euthalia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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