French Duke

Euthalia franciae, the French duke, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. Characteristic of the under surface is the delicate blue-green, bronze-like ground-colour which is richly suffused with silver-grey, and on the hindwings adorned with stripes of pale lilac, especially in specimens of the dry-season. The forewing underside with a large quadrate black spot at the anal angle, longitudinal band broad and clearer white.

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Euthalia es un género de mariposas de la familia Nymphalidae (subfamilia Limenitidinae), cuenta con 63 especies reconocidas científicamente. ​ Especies Euthalia aconthea (Cramer, 1777) Euthalia adonia (Cramer, 1780) Euthalia agniformis (Fruhstorfer, 1906) Euthalia agnis (Vollenhoven, 1862) Euthalia alpherakyi (Oberthür, 1907) Euthalia alpheda (Godart, [1824]) Euthalia amanda (Hewitson, 1858) Euthalia anosia (Moore, 1858) Euthalia aristides (Oberthür, 1907) Euthalia bunzoi (Sugiyama, 1996) Euthalia chayuensis Euthalia confucius (Westwood, 1850) Euthalia djta (Distant & Pryer, 1887)…