'' Euthalia sahadeva'', the green duke, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

of the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...

(

Limenitidinae The Limenitidinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes the admirals and relatives. The common names of many species and genera reference military ranks or – namely the Adoliadini – titles of nobility (e.g., count, duke, earl ...

). It is found in the Indomalayan realm."''Euthalia''" Hübner, [1819
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Subspecies

*''E. s. sahadeva'' Sikkim, Bhutan *''E. s. narayana'' Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891 Burma *''E. s. nadaka'' Fruhstorfer, 1913 Assam *''E. s. thawgawa'' Tytler, 1940 India *''E. s. yanagisawai'' Sugiyama, 1996 Yunnan, Sichuan

References

Butterflies described in 1859 Euthalia, sahadeva Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Nymphalidae-stub