Euthalia aconthea

Common baron
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euthalia
Species:
E. aconthea
Binomial name
Euthalia aconthea
(Cramer, [1777])[1]
Synonyms
  • Euthalia garuda (Moore, 1859)[2]

Euthalia aconthea, the common baron,[3][4] often called simply baron,[4] is a medium-sized nymphalid butterfly native to Sri Lanka, India and southeast Asia.[3][4] It flies with stiff wing beats and often glides. The wing is not flapped very far below the horizontal.

  1. ^ Cramer, Pieter (1777). De uitlandsche kapellen, voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America. Vol. 2. Amsteldam: A Amsteldam: Chez S.J. Baalde; A Utrecht: Chez Barthelmy Wild. pp. 59–60.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bingham was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 201. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  4. ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Euthalia aconthea (Cramer, [1777])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

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