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Powdered baron (Euthalia monina)

Powdered baron (Euthalia monina) is a species of animal in the Nymphalidae, a butterfly of small to medium size, dark brown with white and blue trimmings, hairy, sexually dimorphic, lives in bushes and low trees.

E. monina has a wingspan of 50-70 mm with wavy margins. Males have black or dark brown wings with a blue-green tint on the outside. The female has dark brown wings with pale gray markings.

Dlium Powdered baron (Euthalia monina)


The head is cylindrical and a pair of large brown eyes. A pair of long, dark brown antennae with dark red hammer tips. Powdered barons are recorded to have at least 20 subspecies.



Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Limenitidinae
Tribe: Adoliadini
Genus: Euthalia
Species: Euthalia monina
Subspecies: E. m. monina, E. m. insularis, E. m. kesava, E. m. discipilota, E. m. remias, E. m. varius, E. m. grahami, E. m. sastra, E. m. tudela, E. m. erana, E. m. cordata, E. m. ilka, E. m. natuna, E. m. indras, E. m. salia, E. m. tanagra, E. m. suluana, E. m. sramana, E. m. obsoleta, E. m. jiwabaruana.

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