Enispe euthymius - Citizendia

Red Caliph

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Morphinae
Genus:	Enispe
Species:	E. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. The Superfamily Papilionoidea (from the word "papilion" meaning "butterfly" contains all the butterflies except for the skippers which The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5000 Species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world Morphinae is a Subfamily of Nymphalidae Butterflies that includes the morphos, the Owl butterflies ( Caligo) and related euthymius

Binomial name

Enispe euthymius
(Doubleday, 1845)

The Red Caliph Enispe euthymius is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Southeast Asia. Henry Doubleday may refer to Henry Doubleday (1808-1875, English entomologist and ornithologist of Epping Essex UK Henry Doubleday (1810-1902 The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5000 Species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world A butterfly is an Insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a

Description

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Upperside of both males and females rich ochraceous orange. "Tornus" redirects here For the Gastropod Genus, see Tornus (gastropod. Fore wing has a spot along the upper portion of the discocellulars, two fine lunate spots beyond, an erect series of four discal spots, a subterminal zigzag narrow band, the apical portion of the costa, the apex and the terminal margin broadly black. Hind wing: a discal irregular transversely elongate suffused mark and two series of lunular continuous marks beyond black; termen narrowly fuscous. Underside rich bright ochraceous; a broad transverse band across both wings from costa of fore wing to the tornus of the hind wing slightly darker ochraceous, defined inwardly by an irregular sinuous and broken, and outwardly by a straighter complete ferruginous line ; some ferruginous spots at the bases of the wings, and on the hind wing a discal series of three or four minute dark ocelli, the lowest white-centred; outer halves of both fore and hind wing uniform, the black markings of the upperside showing faintly through. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen bright ochraceous. ^[1]

Found in Sikkim, Assam and Myanmar. Sikkim ( Nepali:, also Sikhim) is a Landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas It is the least populous state in India Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia.

References

^ Bingham, C. T. 1905. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol. 1.

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