Lexias cyanipardus

Lexias cyanipardus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Lexias
Species:
L. cyanipardus
Binomial name
Lexias cyanipardus
(Butler, [1869])[1]

Lexias cyanipardus, the great archduke, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1869. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

  • L. c. cyanipardus Assam to Yunnan
  • L. c. grandis Yokochi, 1991 Thailand, Yunnan

References

  1. ^ Butler, A. G [1869] A monographic Revision of the Lepidoptera hitherto included in the Genus Adolias, with Descriptions of new Genera and Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1868 (3) : 599-615, pl. 45
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