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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Thauria |
Species: | T. lathyi
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Binomial name | |
Thauria lathyi
Frühstorfer, 1902
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Thauria lathyi, the jungleking, [1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
The jungleking ranges from Manipur to southern Myanmar. [1] [2] and Indochina.
A related species, the tufted jungleking ( Thauria aliris Frühstorfer, 1902) occurs in Asia.
Evans reports the butterfly as rare in its range. [2]
The name honours Percy Ireland Lathy.
Jungleking | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Thauria |
Species: | T. lathyi
|
Binomial name | |
Thauria lathyi
Frühstorfer, 1902
|
Thauria lathyi, the jungleking, [1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
The jungleking ranges from Manipur to southern Myanmar. [1] [2] and Indochina.
A related species, the tufted jungleking ( Thauria aliris Frühstorfer, 1902) occurs in Asia.
Evans reports the butterfly as rare in its range. [2]
The name honours Percy Ireland Lathy.