Thauria lathyi, the jungleking,[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Thauria lathyi Frühstorfer, 1902
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Distribution edit
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.
Status edit
Evans reports the butterfly as rare in its range.[2]
Etymology edit
The name honours Percy Ireland Lathy.
See also edit
Cited references edit
- ^ a b "Thauria Moore, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 133–134.
References edit
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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