Blue-banded king crow

Euploea eunice hobsoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euploea
Species:	E. eunice
Binomial name
*Euploea eunice* (Godart, 1819)

Euploea eunice, commonly called blue-banded king crow, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

The larva feeds on Ficus, Flacourtia rukam, Streblus asper

Subspecies

E. e. eunice Philippines, Guam, Japan, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Formosa
E. e. novarae (Felder, 1862) Nicobars, Andamans
E. e. vestigiata Butler, 1866 Java, Sumatra
E. e. hobsoni (Butler, 1877) Taiwan
E. e. leucogonis (Butler, 1879) Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore
E. e. meizon (Doherty, 1891) Sumba
E. e. phane (Doherty, 1891) Enggano
E. e. juno (Stichel, 1899) Nias
E. e. coelestis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Laos, North Vietnam, Haina, Southeast China
E. e. syra (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Borneo, Palawan
E. e. tisais (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Lombok
E. e. kandaon Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sumbawa
E. e. relucida Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bali
E. e. timaius Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bawean

References

Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.

Subspecies

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