Euthalia mahadeva

Euthalia mahadeva is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Description

Males have a dark dusky brown upperside smeared with purple on the exterior margin of the fore-wing and hind-wing with a broad band to the exterior margin, whitish anteriorly, bluish posteriorly, with a central longitudinal row of small, dusky spots. The underside is light brown, with greyish exterior margins, discoidal marks and a submarginal row of indistinct blackish spots.

Subspecies

E. m. mahadeva Java
E. m. zichri Borneo
E. m. rhamases Staudinger, 1889 Philippines
E. m. sakii de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra
E. m. binghami de Nicéville, 1895 Burma, Thailand
E. m. sericea Fruhstorfer, 1896 Nias
E. m. zichrina Fruhstorfer, 1904 Peninsular Malaya