''Eooxylides tharis'', the branded imperial, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
. It was described by
Carl Geyer
Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera.
Carl Geyer was by profession an artist
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in 1837. It is found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.]
Subspecies
*''Eooxylides tharis tharis'' (Sumatra)
*''Eooxylides tharis distanti''
Riley, 1942 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Tioman, Thailand)
*''Eooxylides tharis latipictus''
Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Nias)
*''Eooxylides tharis tharisides''
Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Borneo)
*''Eooxylides tharis javanicus''
Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Java)
*''Eooxylides tharis enganicus''
Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Enggano)
*''Eooxylides tharis watsoni''
van Eecke, 1914 (Simuelue)
*''Eooxylides tharis ritsemae''
van Eecke, 1914 (Belitung)
Gallery
File:Branded imperial butterfly 02.jpg, Bukit Gasing, Malaysia
References
External links
''Eooxylides''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Eooxylides
Butterflies described in 1837