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Euthalia nais

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Also known as Baronet

Symphaedra nais, also known as the baronet, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It was formerly included in the genus Euthalia but it is a sister to members of the genus Bassarona.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNymphalidae

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Specimen records
1
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
USNM

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Euthalia
Image
Mating posture of Symphaedra nais (Forster, 1771) – Baronet DSC 0449.jpg
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taxon name
Euthalia nais
taxon rank
species
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Euthalia nais
Commons category
Euthalia nais
main food source
tomato
taxon common name
Baronet
wingspan
65
short name
E. nais
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Life cycle
  • Larva
  • Pupa
  • Larval host plants
  • References

Symphaedra nais, also known as the baronet, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia. It was formerly included in the genus Euthalia but it is a sister to members of the genus Bassarona.

==Description== thumb|left|In Narsapur, Medak district, India The male and the female both have tawny-yellow uppersides. The forewing has a traverse black line below apex cell and an oval spot beyond encircling a small yellow spot, a broad short oblique discal bar and an angulated postdiscal lunular band the costa narrowly and the termen shaded with black. Hindwing: a comparatively large triangular patch below the middle of the costa, a postdiscal evenly curved series of spots and a broad band along the termen black. Underside dark ochraceous red. Forewing: the base shaded with fuscous black, two spots at base of cell and a transverse line beyond crimson pink, edged with black: a very broad oblique discal band, angulated downwards below vein 4, bordered posteriorly by a large black spot on the inner side and outwardly and anteriorly by an oblique broad black band, followed by four anterior obliquely placed ochraceous-white spots, and beyond by a very narrow lunular black band bent downwards below vein 6. Hindwing: a crimson short line at extreme base, two crimson black-bordered spots in cell: a comparatively broad transverse discal white band often broken up into a large spot below middle of costa, with two or three spots in line below it; finally, a postdiscal series of small black spots. Antennae are black, bright ochraceous at apex; head, thorax and abdomen tawny red above, brown shaded with crimson-pink below.

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