Thauria lathyi

Taxobox
name = Jungleking


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Morphinae
genus = "Thauria"
species = "T. lathyi"
binomial = "Thauria lathyi"
binomial_authority = Frühstorfer, 1902

The Jungleking "Thauria lathyi" Frühstorfer, 1902 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/thauria/index.html Page on "Thauria" genus.] ] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

Distribution

The Jungleking ranges from Manipur to South Myanmar.Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, pg 133-134.]

A related species Tufted Jungleking "Thauria aliris" Frühstorfer, 1902 occurs in Asia.

tatus

Evans reports the butterfly as Rare in its range.

Cited references

References

* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. Gangtok, Sikkim.
* Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/index.html] .
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

ee also

*Morphinae
*Nymphalidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
*List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)