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Euploea
Eastern Brown Crow (Euploea tulliolus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Danainae Tribe: Danaini Genus: Euploea Fabricius, 1807
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Crastia Hübner, 1816 Trepsichrois Hübner, 1816 Salpinx Hübner, 1819 Eudaemon Billberg, 1820 Terpsichrois Hübner, 1821 (lapsus) Euplaea Boisduval, 1832 (lapsus) Calliploea Butler, 1875 Macroploea Butler, 1878 Stictoploea Butler, 1878 Euplea W.F. Kirby, 1879 (lapsus) Adigama Moore, 1880 Andasena Moore, 1883 Betanga Moore, 1883 Bibisana Moore, 1883 Chanapa Moore, 1883 Chirosa Moore, 1883 Danisepa Moore, 1883 Deragena Moore, 1883 Gamatoba Moore, 1883 Glinama Moore, 1883 Hirdapa Moore, 1883 Isamia Moore, 1883 Karadira Moore, 1883 Lontara Moore, 1883 Mahintha Moore, 1883 Menama Moore, 1883 Mestapra Moore, 1883 Nacamsa Moore, 1883 Narmada Moore, 1880 Nipara Moore, 1883 Oranasma Moore, 1883 Pademma Moore, 1883 Patosa Moore, 1883 Penoa Moore, 1883 Pramasa Moore, 1883 Pramesta Moore, 1883 Rasuma Moore, 1883 Sabanosa Moore, 1883 Saphara Moore, 1883 Sarobia Moore, 1883 Satanga Moore, 1883 Selinda Moore, 1883 Tabada Moore, 1883 Tagata Moore, 1883 Tiruna Moore, 1883 Tronga Moore, 1883 Vadebra Moore, 1883 Vonona Moore, 1883 Anadara Moore, 1883 (non Gray, 1847: preoccupied) Doricha Moore, 1883 (non Reichenbach, 1853: preoccupied) Karadina Moore, 1891 (lapsus) Chirosia Sharpverification needed, 1904 (lapsus) Daniseppa Fruhstorfer, 1910 (lapsus) Pamasa Fruhstorfer, 1910 (lapsus) Rausuma Fruhstorfer, 1910 (lapsus) Ironga Martin, 1914 (lapsus) Makroploea Martin, 1915 (lapsus) Eupolea Hulstaert, 1931 (lapsus) Ramasa Hulstaert, 1931 (lapsus)

Euploea is a genus of milkweed butterflies. The species are generally dark in coloration, often quite blackish, for which reason they are commonly called crows. As usual for their subfamily, they are poisonous due to feeding on milkweeds and other toxic plants as caterpillars. The latter are aposematically colored to warn off predators from eating them, and the adult butterflies are often mimicked by unrelated species which are not or less poisonous.

This genus has an inordinate number of junior synonyms, due to Moore (1883) committing what probably ranks as one of the most drastic cases of oversplitting in the history of zoology.

Notable species

• Biak Dark Crow, Euploea albicosta
• No-brand Crow, Euploea alcathoe
  • Gove Crow, Euploea alcathoe enastri
• Long-branded Blue Crow, Euploea algea
• Murphy's Crow, Euploea caespes
• Malayan Crow, Euploea camaralzeman
• Common Crow, Euploea core
• Spotted Black Crow, Euploea crameri
• Small Brown Crow, Euploea darchia
• Striped Black Crow, Euploea doubledayi
• Blue-banded King Crow, Euploea eunice
• Blue King Crow, Euploea klugii
• Blue Spotted Crow, Euploea midamus
• Seychelles Crow, Euploea mitra
• Striped Blue Crow, Euploea mulciber
• Large Crow, Euploea phaenareta
  • Taiwan or Juvia Large Crow, Euploea phaenareta juvia - extinct (1960s)
• Magpie Crow, Euploea radamanthus
• Swainson's Crow, Euploea swainson
• Double-branded Crow, Euploea sylvester
• Biak Threespot Crow, Euploea tripunctata
• Eastern Brown Crow, Euploea tulliolus

References

• Moore, Frederic (1883): A Monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two Groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Subfamily Euploeinae; with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324.

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• Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Preliminary species list. Version of 2007-MAY-6. Retrieved 2007-MAY-20.

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