Eastern brown crow
| Dwarf crow | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euploea |
| Species: | E. tulliolus |
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Euploea tulliolus Fabricius, 1793 |
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Euploea tulliolus, the dwarf crow or small brown crow, is a butterfly found in the Solomon Islands, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and Australia, that belongs to the crows and tigers, that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It has a wingspan of about 4 to 8 centimeters.
Due to the purple iridiscence of the butterfly under sunlight, the butterfly is also commonly referred to as the purple crow (紫斑蝶).
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