Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lexias | |
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Similar Pantoporia venilia, Phaedyma, Lexias dirtea, Archduke, Hypolimnas alimena | ||
Lexias aeropa, the orange-banded plane, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South-East Asia and Australia.
Females have a wingspan of about 85 mm, making them larger than males with a wingspan of about 6 mm. The adults are dark brown with a broad orange band across each wing. The underside is similar, but paler and rather mottled.
The larvae feed on Calophyllum species.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
References
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