Euploea redtenbacheri


Euploea redtenbacheri, the Malayan crow or Redtenbacher's crow is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

  • E. r. redtenbacheri
  • E. r. leachii C. & R. Felder,
  • E. r. coracina Hopffer, 1874
  • E. r. spiculifera
  • E. r. albiplaga
  • E. r. selayarensis Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979

Biology

The larva feeds on Strophanthus dichotomus.

Etymology

The name honours Ludwig Redtenbacher.