Euploea

Taxobox
name = "Euploea"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Eastern Brown Crow "(Euploea tulliolus)"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Danainae
tribus = Danaini
genus = "Euploea"
genus_authority = Fabricius, 1807
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 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" SharpVerify source|date=July 2007 , 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.

External links

* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/danainae/euploea/index.html Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms] : Preliminary species list. Version of 2007-MAY-6. Retrieved 2007-MAY-20.