''Euploea'' is a genus of

milkweed butterflies Danainae is a subfamily of the family Nymphalidae, the brush-footed butterflies. It includes the Daniadae, or milkweed butterflies, who lay their eggs on various milkweeds on which their larvae (caterpillars) feed, as well as the clearwing butte ...

. The

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are generally dark in coloration, often quite blackish, for which reason they are commonly called crows. As usual for their

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, they are poisonous due to feeding on

milkweed ''Asclepias'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to hum ...

s and other toxic plants as

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. The latter are

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ally colored to warn off

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s from eating them, and the adult butterflies are often mimicked by unrelated species which are not or less poisonous.

Species

Listed alphabetically. * '' Euploea albicosta'' – Biak dark crow * ''

Euploea alcathoe ''Euploea alcathoe'', commonly known as the no-brand crow, Eichhorn's crow or striped black crow, is a common butterfly found from India to Borneo, and in the Moluccas, New Guinea and Australia. It belongs to the crows and tigers subfamily of t ...

'' – no-brand crow, striped black crow ** ''

Euploea alcathoe enastri ''Euploea'' is a genus of milkweed butterflies. The species are generally dark in coloration, often quite blackish, for which reason they are commonly called crows. As usual for their subfamily, they are poisonous due to feeding on milkweeds and ...

'' – Gove crow * ''

Euploea algea ''Euploea algea'', the long branded blue crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. See also *Danainae *Nymphalidae *List of but ...

'' – long-branded blue crow, mournful crow, Algea crow * '' Euploea andamanensis'' – Andaman crow * '' Euploea asyllus'' * ''

Euploea batesii ''Euploea'' is a genus of milkweed butterflies. The species are generally dark in coloration, often quite blackish, for which reason they are commonly called crows. As usual for their subfamily, they are poisonous due to feeding on milkweeds and ...

'' * ''

Euploea blossomae The Schaus's crow (''Euploea blossomae'') is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. Its common name is due to the author, William Schaus, who first described it. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fi ...

'' – Schaus's crow * ''

Euploea boisduvali ''Euploea boisduvali'' , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. It is found in the Australasian realm Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 Subspecies * ...

'' * '' Euploea caespes'' – Murphy's crow * ''

Euploea camaralzeman ''Euploea camaralzeman'' is an Indomalayan species of danaine butterfly. The larva feeds on ''Strophanthus'' ''dichotomus''. Subspecies *''E. c. camaralzeman'' (Burma, Thailand, Vietnam) *''E. c. claudina'' Staudinger, 1889 (Palawan) *''E. c. ...

'' – Malayan crow * ''

Euploea climena ''Euploea climena'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, bu ...

'' * '' Euploea configurata'' – Sulawesi striped blue crow * '' Euploea cordelia'' – Cordelia crow * ''

Euploea core File:Euploea core at thachangad.jpg ''Euploea core'', the common crow, is a common butterfly found in South Asia to Australia. In India it is also sometimes referred to as the common Indian crow, and in Australia as the Australian crow. It belong ...

'' – common crow * ''

Euploea crameri ''Euploea crameri'', the spotted black crow, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Description Shape of the wings as in '' Euploea godarti'', Lucas. ...

'' – spotted black crow * ''

Euploea darchia The small brown crow (''Euploea darchia'') is a butterfly found in Australia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more tha ...

'' – small brown crow * '' Euploea dentiplaga'' – Seram crow * '' Euploea desjardinsii'' * '' Euploea doretta'' – Pagenstecher's crow * '' Euploea doubledayi'' – striped black crow * '' Euploea eboraci'' – Bismark crow * ''

Euploea eleusina ''Euploea eleusina'', or Vollenhov's crow, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in the Indomalayan realm crossing the Wallace line to Sulawesi in the Australasian realm. Subspecies *''E ...

'' – Vollenhov's crow * '' Euploea eunice'' – blue-banded king crow * '' Euploea eupator'' – Vanoort's crow * '' Euploea euphon'' – Mascarene crow * '' Euploea eurianassa'' * '' Euploea eyndhovii'' * '' Euploea gamelia'' – Javan crow * '' Euploea goudotii'' * '' Euploea hewitsonii'' – Hewitson's dwarf crow * ''

Euploea klugii ''Euploea klugii'', the brown king crow or king crow, is a Nymphalid butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterfly family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 18 ...

'' – blue king crow * '' Euploea lacon'' – Spartan crow * '' Euploea latifasciata'' – Weymer's crow, broad-banded crow * '' Euploea leucostictos'' – orange-flash crow * '' Euploea lewinii'' * '' Euploea magou'' – magou crow * '' Euploea martinii'' – Sumatran crow * '' Euploea midamus'' – blue spotted crow * '' Euploea mitra'' – Seychelles crow * '' Euploea modesta'' * '' Euploea morosa'' * ''

Euploea mulciber ''Euploea mulciber'', the striped blue crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Description Hindwing ovate. Upperside: in th ...

'' – striped blue crow * '' Euploea nechos'' * '' Euploea netscheri'' * '' Euploea orontobates'' Euploea phaenareta hollandi MHNT

* '' Euploea phaenareta'' – great crow, large crow ** ''Euploea phaenareta juvia'' – Taiwan or juvia large crow,

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(1960s) * ''

Euploea radamanthus ''Euploea radamanthus'', the magpie crow, is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Euploea radamanthus is found in the Eastern Himalayas and into the Malay regio ...

'' – magpie crow * '' Euploea redtenbacheri'' – Malayan crow, Redtenbacher's crow * ?'' Euploea rogeri'' * '' Euploea stephensii'' * '' Euploea swainson'' – Swainson's crow * ''

Euploea sylvester ''Euploea sylvester'', the double-branded crow, also known as the two-brand crow in Australia, is a butterfly found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of Australia that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the bru ...

'' – double-branded crow * '' Euploea tobleri'' – Tobler's crow * '' Euploea transfixa'' * '' Euploea treitschkei'' * '' Euploea tripunctata'' – Biak threespot crow * '' Euploea tulliolus'' – eastern brown crow, dwarf crow * '' Euploea usipetes'' * '' Euploea wallacei'' * '' Euploea westwoodii'' – Westwood's king crow

Nomenclature

This genus has a large number of

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s, due in part to Moore committing what probably ranks as one of the most drastic cases of oversplitting in the history of zoology: ''Crastia''

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, 1816
''Trepsichrois'' Hübner, 1816
''Salpinx'' Hübner, 1819
''Eudaemon'' Billberg, 1820
''Terpsichrois'' Hübner, 1821 (''lapsus'')
''Euplaea''

Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomo ...

, 1832 (''lapsus'')
''Calliploea''

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, 1875
''Macroploea'' Butler, 1878
''Stictoploea'' Butler, 1878
''Euplea'' W.F. Kirby, 1879 (''lapsus'')
''Adigama''

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, 1880
''Andasena'' Moore, 1883
''Betanga'' Moore, 1883
''Bibisana'' Moore, 1883
''Chanapa'' Moore, 1883
''Chirosa'' Moore, 1883
''Danisepa'' Moore, 1883
''Deragena'' Moore, 1883
''Gamatoba'' Moore, 1883
''Glinama'' Moore, 1883
''Hirdapa'' Moore, 1883
''Isamia'' Moore, 1883
''Karadira'' Moore, 1883
''Lontara'' Moore, 1883
''Mahintha'' Moore, 1883
''Menama'' Moore, 1883
''Mestapra'' Moore, 1883
''Nacamsa'' Moore, 1883
''Narmada'' Moore, 1880
''Nipara'' Moore, 1883
''Oranasma'' Moore, 1883
''Pademma'' Moore, 1883
''Patosa'' Moore, 1883
''Penoa'' Moore, 1883
''Pramasa'' Moore, 1883
''Pramesta'' Moore, 1883
''Rasuma'' Moore, 1883
''Sabanosa'' Moore, 1883
''Saphara'' Moore, 1883
''Sarobia'' Moore, 1883
''Satanga'' Moore, 1883
''Selinda'' Moore, 1883
''Tabada'' Moore, 1883
''Tagata'' Moore, 1883
''Tiruna'' Moore, 1883
''Tronga'' Moore, 1883
''Vadebra'' Moore, 1883
''Vonona'' Moore, 1883
''Anadara'' Moore, 1883 (''non''

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, 1847:

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)
''Doricha'' Moore, 1883 (''non'' Reichenbach, 1853:

)
''Karadina'' Moore, 1891 (''lapsus'')
''Chirosia'' Sharp, 1904 (''lapsus'')
''Daniseppa''

Fruhstorfer Hans Fruhstorfer (7 March 1866, in Passau, Germany – 9 April 1922, in Munich) was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described new species of exotic butterflies, especially in ...

, 1910 (''lapsus'')
''Pamasa'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (''lapsus'')
''Rausuma'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (''lapsus'')
''Ironga'' Martin, 1914 (''lapsus'')
''Makroploea'' Martin, 1915 (''lapsus'')
''Eupolea'' Hulstaert, 1931 (''lapsus'')
''Ramasa'' Hulstaert, 1931 (''lapsus'')

References

External links

Danaini classification

Preliminary species list. Version of May 6, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007. * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q666368 Danaini Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius