| Green commodore | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Sumalia |
| Species: | S. daraxa |
| Binomial name | |
| Sumalia daraxa (Doubleday, 1848) | |
Sumalia daraxa, the green commodore, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.(Himalayas, NE.India, N.Burma, Malaya, Borneo, Indo-China).The wingspan is 60 to 70 millimeters.The upper surface of the forewings in both females and males is dark brown. A light green band extends across the postdiscal region on both pairs of wings, breaking up into spots towards the apex on the forewings . However, the green hue fades with age. A row of round black spots is visible in the submarginal region of the upper surface of the hindwings. An orange-red spot stands out at the anal angle . On the reddish-brown undersides of the wings, the pattern of the uppersides is somewhat paler and includes white bands. The basal region of the hindwings is cream-colored.
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