Euploea eunice, commonly called the blue-banded king crow, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the Danaid group (the crows and tigers) of the brush-footed butterflies family. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

The larva feeds on Ficus, Flacourtia rukam, and Streblus asper.

Subspecies E. e. eunice Philippines, Guam, Japan, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Formosa E. e. novarae (Felder, 1862) Felder, R. 1862 Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der k. k. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macropepidoteren Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 12 (1/2) : 473-496 Nicobars, Andamans E. e. vestigiata Butler, 1866 Butler, A.G. 1866 A Monograph of the diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the Genus Euploea, with Descriptions of many new Species, founded principally on the Specimens in the Collection of the British Museum Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1866 (2) : 268-302, pl. 29-30 Java, Sumatra E. e. hobsoni (Butler, 1877) Butler, A.G. 1877 On a Collection of Lepidoptera made in Northern Formosa Proc. zool. soc. Lond. 1877 : 810-816 Taiwan E. e. leucogonis (Butler, 1879) Butler, A. G. 1879 The butterflies of Malacca Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 1 (8) : 533-568, pl. 68-69 Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore E. e. meizon (Doherty, 1891) Doherty, W. 1891 The Butterflies of Sumba and Sumbawa, with some Account of the Island of Sumba J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 60 Pt.II (2) : 141-197, pl. 2 Sumba E. e. phane (Doherty, 1891) Enggano E. e. juno (Stichel, 1899) Stichel, H. 1899 [sitzungsberichte] Berl. ent. Z. 44 (1/2) (sb): 8,11-13,20,28 Nias E. e. coelestis (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Fruhstorfer, H. 1902 Neue Indo-Australische Lepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 14 (2) : 334-350 Laos, North Vietnam, Haina, Southeast China E. e. syra (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Borneo, Palawan E. e. tisais (Fruhstorfer, 1902) Lombok E. e. kandaon Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sumbawa E. e. relucida Fruhstorfer, 1910 Fruhstorfer, H. 1910 3. Familie: Danaidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 Bali E. e. timaius Fruhstorfer, 1910 Bawean

See also Danainae Nymphalidae List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

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