Thauria [SEP] parent taxon
Thauria
Thauria or the junglekings is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The genus ranges from Burma to Borneo. The butterflies are large and brightly coloured on the dorsal surface. There is a transverse white stripe on the forewing and one or two white apical spots. The hindwing has a broad yellow margin. The ventral wing surfaces are disruptively patterned and look like dead leaves, allowing the butterflies to blend into leaf litter on the forest floor. Cryptic ventral patterns have arisen multiple times in various forest-floor dwelling
Thauria lathyi
Thauria lathyi, the jungleking, is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Distribution.
The jungleking ranges from Manipur to southern Myanmar. and Indochina.
A related species, the tufted jungleking ("Thauria aliris" Frühstorfer, 1902) occurs in Asia.
Status.
Evans reports the butterfly as rare in its range.
Etymology.
The name honours Percy Ireland Lathy.
See also.
- List of