''Mynes eucosmetos'' is a medium-sized butterfly 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 ha ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the
Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about .
History
The first inhabitants of the archipela ...
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[D'Abrera, B., 1990. ''Butterflies of the Australian Region'', edn 3. 416 pp. Hill House, Melbourne.]
Subspecies
*''M. e eucosmetos''
New Hanover
*''M. e. cottonis''
Grose-Smith, 1894 New Britain
New Britain () is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi Island, Umboi the Dampie ...
References
Nymphalini
Butterflies described in 1879
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
Butterflies of Oceania
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