Euploea phaenareta

Euploea phaenareta, the giant crow is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Johann Gottlieb Schaller in 1785. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.^[2]

Euploea phaenareta
Euploea phaenareta hollandi specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euploea
Species:	E. phaenareta
Binomial name
Euploea phaenareta (Schaller, 1785)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio phaenareta Schaller, 1785 Papilio affinis Gmelin, 1790 Trepsichrois alea Hübner, 1816 Danais prothoe Godart, 1819 Danais cora Godart, 1819 Euploea gyllenhalii Lucas, 1853 Euploea cuvieri C. & R. Felder, [1865] Euploea elisa Butler, 1866 Euploea callithoe var. fucosa Janson, 1886 Euploea durrsteini ab. nera Staudinger, 1895 Macroploea corus vitrina Fruhstorfer, 1898 Euploea grandis Moore, 1883 Euploea godmani Moore, 1883 Euploea majuma Ribbe, 1898 pauperata Fruhstorfer, 1910 luxurianta Fruhstorfer, 1910 privata Fruhstorfer, 1910 biplagiata Fruhstorfer, 1910 erynia Fruhstorfer, 1910 praestabilis Fruhstorfer, 1910 honrathi Fruhstorfer, 1910 Euploea callithoe morna Fruhstorfer, 1912 Euploea f. erynia Fruhstorfer, 1912 Euploea callithoe arova Fruhstorfer, 1913 Euploea callithoe admiralia f. aruana Strand, 1914 fucosa Hulstaert, 1931 pavettae Fabricius, 1938 goodsoni Corbet, 1942 rigneyi Jumalon, 1971 violescens Morishita, 1981 Papilio corus Fabricius, 1793 Euploea pavettae Zinken, 1831 Euploea callithoe Boisduval, 1832 Euploea hansemanni Honrath, 1888 Euploea durrsteini Staudinger, 1890 Euploea durrsteini Staudinger, 1891 eurykleia Fruhstorfer, 1910 Euploea castelnaui C. & R. Felder, [1865] Euploea phoebus Butler, 1866 Euploea euthoë C. & R. Felder, [1865] Euploea semicirculus Butler, 1866 Euploea mesocala Vollenhoven, 1872 Euploea unibrunnea Salvin & Godman, 1877 Euploea browni Salvin & Godman, 1877 Euploea althaea Semper, 1878 Euploea drucei Moore, 1883 Euploea butleri Moore, 1883 Euploea heurippa Godman & Salvin, 1888 Macroploea phaenareta micronesia Doherty, 1891 Euploea eucala Staudinger, 1896 Macroploea corus celebica Fruhstorfer, 1898 Euploea castelnaui var. salvini Staudinger, 1889 Macroploea corus locupletior Fruhstorfer, 1900 Macroploea phaenareta irma Fruhstorfer, 1903 Macroploea corus defiguratus Fruhstorfer, 1908 Euploea (Salpinx) juvia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Euploea callithoe admiralia Strand, 1914

Subspecies

• E. p. phaenareta (Ambon, Serang)
• E. p. corus (Fabricius, 1793) (Sri Lanka, Burma)
• E. p. pavettae Zinken, 1831 (Java)
• E. p. callithoe Boisduval, 1832 (New Guinea, Louisiades, Goodenough, Fergusson, Woodlark, Kiriwina Islands)
• E. p. castelnaui C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Burma to Peninsular Malaysia, Langkawi, Singapore, Thailand)
• E. p. euthoe C. & R. Felder, [1865] (Aru, Kai)
• E. p. semicirculus Butler, 1866 (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai)
• E. p. mesocala Vollenhoven, 1872 (Waigeu)
• E. p. unibrunnea Salvin & Godman, 1877 (eastern New Guinea, New Britain, Duke of York Island, New Ireland, Queen Charlotte Island, Feni Island)
• E. p. althaea Semper, 1878 (Philippines: Mindanao)
• E. p. drucei Moore, 1883 (Thailand, Vietnam)
• E. p. butleri Moore, 1883 (Borneo)
• E. p. phaeretena Kheil, 1884 (Nias)
• E. p. heurippa Godman & Salvin, 1888 (Solomon Islands)
• E. p. micronesia (Doherty, 1891) (Enggano)
• E. p. eucala Staudinger, 1896 (Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba)
• E. p. celebica (Fruhstorfer, 1898) (Sulawesi)
• E. p. salvini Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan)
• E. p. locupletior (Fruhstorfer, 1900) (Talaud Island)
• E. p. irma (Fruhstorfer, 1903) (Obi)
• E. p. hollandi Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Buru)
• E. p. rolanda Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Sula Island)
• E. p. defiguratus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Bali)
• E. p. juvia Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Taiwan)
• E. p. sacerdotalis Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Jobi)
• E. p. nikrion Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Bawean)
• E. p. hesiodus Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Bangka)
• E. p. statius Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Sumatra)
• E. p. admiralia Strand, 1914 (Admiralty Islands)
• E. p. ornae Schröder & Treadaway, 1979 (Philippines: Samar)

Biology

The larva feeds on Cerbera - C. floribunda, C. manghas, and Plumeria species.

References

1. Schaller, 1785 Beiträge zur Geschichte exotischer Papiliones Der Naturforscher 21: 173-179, pl. 4-5
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

 

Wikispecies has information related to Euploea phaenareta.

• Euploea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms