Barons (Butterflies)

Euthalia (from Ancient Greek: Euthalia Ευθαλια "flower", "bloom")^[1] is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are commonly called barons or (like some relatives in Bassarona and Dophla) dukes.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

• Euthalia aconthea Cramer, 1777 – common baron or baron
• Euthalia adonia Cramer, 1780
• Euthalia agnis Vollenhoven, 1862
• Euthalia alpheda Godart, 1824 – streaked baron
• Euthalia alpherakyi Oberthür, 1907
• Euthalia amabilis Staudinger, 1896
• Euthalia amanda Hewitson, 1861 – Sulawesi gaudy baron
• Euthalia anosia Moore, 1858 – grey baron
• Euthalia apex Tsukada, 1991
• Euthalia aristides Oberthür, 1907
• Euthalia bunzoi Sugiyama, 1996
• Euthalia confucius Westwood, 1850
• Euthalia curvifascia Tytler, 1915
• Euthalia djata Distant & Pryer, 1887
• Euthalia duda Staudinger, 1855 – blue duchess
• Euthalia durga Moore, 1858 – blue duke (often placed in Bassarona)
• Euthalia eriphylae de Nicéville, 1891
• Euthalia formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Euthalia franciae Gray, 1846 – French duke
• Euthalia guangdongensis Wu, 1994
• Euthalia hebe Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Euthalia heweni Huang, 2002
• Euthalia hoa Monastyrskii, 2005 Vietnam, China
• Euthalia insulae Hall, 1930
• Euthalia iapis
• Euthalia ipona Fruhstorfer, 1913
• Euthalia irrubescens Grose-Smith, 1893
• Euthalia kanda Moore, 1859
• Euthalia kardama Moore, 1859
• Euthalia kameii Koiwava, 1996
• Euthalia khama Alphéraky, 1895 – Naga duke
• Euthalia khambounei Uehara & Yokochi, 2001
• Euthalia koharai Yokochi, 2005
• Euthalia kosempona Fruhstorfer, 1908
• Euthalia linpingensis Mell, 1935
• Euthalia lubentina Cramer, 1777 – gaudy baron
• Euthalia lusiada 9C. & R. Felder, 1863
• Euthalia masumi Yokochi, 2009 China, Guangxi
• Euthalia pacifica Mell, 1934
• Euthalia pulchella Lee, 1979
• Euthalia mahadeva Moore, 1859
• Euthalia malaccana Fruhstorfer, 1899 – Fruhstorfer's baron
• Euthalia malapana Shirozu & Chung, 1958
• Euthalia merta Moore, 1859 – white-tipped baron
• Euthalia mingyiae Huang, 2002
• Euthalia monina Fabricius, 1787 – powdered baron
• Euthalia nais Forster, 1771 – baronet
• Euthalia nara Moore, 1859 – bronze duke
• Euthalia niepelti Strand, 1916
• Euthalia omeia Leech, 1891
• Euthalia patala Kollar, 1844 – grand duchess
• Euthalia perlella Chou & Wang, 1994
• Euthalia phemius Doubleday, 1848 – white-edged blue baron
• Euthalia pratti Leech, 1891
• Euthalia purchella Lee, 1979
• Euthalia pyrrha Leech, 1892
• Euthalia sahadeva Moore, 1859 – green duke
• ?Euthalia staudingeri Leech, 1891
• Euthalia strephon Grose-Smith, 1893
• Euthalia suprema Uehara & Yokochi, 2001
• Euthalia tanagra Staudinger, 1889
• Euthalia telchinia Ménétriés, 1857 – blue baron
• Euthalia tinna Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Euthalia thibetana Poujade, 1885
• Euthalia tsangpoi Huang, 1999
• Euthalia undosa Fruhstorfer, 1906
• Euthalia whiteheadi Grose-Smith, 1889
• Euthalia yasuyukii Yoshino, 1998

The common earl, now in Tanaecia, was formerly placed in Euthalia.

References

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