Parantica aglea (lat.) - a species of butterflies from the subfamily Danae (Danainae) of the nymphalid family .
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| Parantica aglea ( Stoll , 1782) |
Description
Underside of the wings
The front wings with two relatively long, wide stripes, combined in the base; a cage with a very broad, somewhat club-shaped stripe, crossed by two beautiful black lines; main spots in intervals of 2 and 3; two rows of bands curved inward opposite the top of the wing, the last of which extends along the apical half of the bone; the limit series in interval pairs contains much less spots.
Spread
Subspecies Parantica aglea are common in Sri Lanka , also in the north of the Western Ghats in Pune and Niligiri.
Systematics
Synonyms
- Parantica aglea Stoll, 1782
- Danais ceylanica Felder, 1862
- Danaus aglea
- Danais ceylanica Felder, 1862
- Danais aglaia Doherty, 1886
Subspecies
- Parantica agle aglea
- Parantica agle grammica (Boisduval, 1836)
- Parantica agle maghaba (Fruhstorfer, 1909)
- Parantica agle melanoides Moore, 1883
- Parantica agle melanoleuca (Moore, 1877)
- Parantica agle phormion (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
- Parantica agle phormis (Fruhstorfer, 1909)