Thauria lathyi, the jungleking,"Thauria Moore, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Distribution The jungleking ranges from Manipur to southern Myanmar. and Indochina.
A related species, the tufted jungleking (Thauria aliris Frühstorfer, 1902) occurs in Asia.
Status Evans reports the butterfly as rare in its range.
Etymology The name honours Percy Ireland Lathy.
See also List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Morphinae) List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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