Euploea westwoodii

Euploea westwoodii, or Westwood's king crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Celebes in the Australasian realm.[2]

Euploea westwoodii
Euploea westwoodii meyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. westwoodii
Binomial name
Euploea westwoodii
Synonyms
  • Euploea westwoodii C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Salpinx weberi Moore, 1883
  • Salpinx brandti Moore, 1883
  • Salpinx (Euploea) platenae Staudinger, 1895
  • upis Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • perizonia Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • nivira Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • aisa Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • bongila Hulstaert, 1931
  • Euploea viola Butler, 1866
  • Euploea meyeri Hopffer, 1874
  • Salpinx labreyi Moore, 1883
  • Salpinx leucostictos bangkaiensis Fruhstorfer, 1899

Subspecies
  • E. w. westwoodii (South Sulawesi)
  • E. w. viola Butler, 1866 (Sulawesi)
  • E. w. meyeri Hopffer, 1874 (Sulawesi)
  • E. w. labreyi (Moore, 1883) (Sula Islands)
  • E. w. bangkaiensis (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Banggai Islands)
  • E. w. leochares Fruhstorfer, 1910 Salajar (Salajar)

Etymology

The species is named for John Obadiah Westwood.

References
  1. C. & R. Felder, [1865] Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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