Apatura sordida Moore 1865

Chitoria sordida, the sordid emperor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical Asia.

Description

The males have the upperside of the forewing darkening towards the apex, the apical two-thirds much darker brown, an oblique discal white band from interspace 6 to tornal angle formed of more or less rectangular spots; a small spot beyond in interspace 4 and two preapical spots white. Hindwing uniform, a lunular subterminal dark line inwardly bordered by a row of dark spots, and a terminal row of pale lunules. Underside pale brownish grey. Forewing with the discal band and spots more or less as on the upperside; a black, blind, yellow-ringed ocellus, with a dark brown shade in the interspace below it; ocellus and brown shading bordered inwardly by white; a subterminal dark line, and some diffuse white marks on termen below apex and at tornus. Hindwing with an incomplete discal white band and a series of white spots beyond, ending in a well-marked, broadly yellow-ringed, blue-centred, black ocellus in interspace 2; lastly, a subterminal dark line as in the forewing. Antennae brown, paler below the club; head, thorax and abdomen brown, paler beneath.^[1]

The female is similar; the hindwing is more rounded and the oblique discal band on the forewing is very much broader. The wingspan is 68–80 mm.

It is found in north-eastern India and South-East Asia.

References

Apatura sordida is een vlinder uit de familie van de Nymphalidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1865 door Frederic Moore.

Chitoria sordida là một loài bướm giáp thuộc chi Chitoria trong phân họ Apaturinae, Họ Bướm giáp. Sải cánh dài 68–80 mm. Loài này phân bố đông bắc Ấn Độ và Đông Nam Á^[1].

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