Species Eunica monima - Dingy Purplewing

Classification

Dingy Purplewing prepupal larvae - Eunica monima

Dingy Purplewing prepupal larva - Eunica monima

Dingy Purplewing pupa and newly emerged adult - Eunica monima

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))

Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)

Subfamily Biblidinae (Tropical Brushfoots)

Genus Eunica (Purplewings)

Species monima (Dingy Purplewing)

Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 9 July, 2007 - 4:05pm

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