Euploea sylvester

Double-branded crow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euploea
Species:
E. sylvester
Binomial name
Euploea sylvester
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Danais coreta Godart, 1819[1]
  • Euploea coreoides Moore, 1877[1]

Euploea sylvester, the double-branded crow,[2] also known as the two-brand crow[1] in Australia, is a butterfly found in South Asia,[2] Southeast Asia and parts of Australia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.[1]

Several races of the butterfly are recognized. Race pelor is found in Australia.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Savela, Markku. "Euploea sylvester (Fabricius, 1793)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 152. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. ^ Meyer, C.E. (1997) Notes on the life history and variation in adult forms of Euploea sylvester pelor Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae), The Australian Entomologist. 24(2):73-77.