Chitoria ulupi
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The Tawny Emperor is a species of Nymphalid
butterfly
found in tropical Asia
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Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
found in tropical Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Subspecies
- Chitoria ulupi ulupi (Assam, Manipur, Burma)
- Chitoria ulupi dubernardi (Oberthür) (western China: Yunnan)
- Chitoria ulupi arakii (Naritomi) (Taiwan)
- Chitoria ulupi kalaurica Tytler, 1926 (Burma)
- Chitoria ulupi fulva Leech, 1891 (Korea, eastern China, Sichuan)
- Chitoria ulupi tong Yoshino, 1997 (Guanxi)