Euthalia sahadeva, the green duke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm."Euthalia" Hübner, [1819 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Male above pale olive green, marked with 5 dull whitish yellow spots united into a sort of band. In the female these spots are nearly clear white. On the hindwing the male has 6 yellowish patches.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
Subspecies E. s. sahadeva Sikkim, Bhutan E. s. narayana Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1891 Burma Ground-colour rather paler green than in nadaka female; on the fore wing the spots are smaller. E. s. nadaka Fruhstorfer, 1913 Assam small montane form. E. s. thawgawa Tytler, 1940 India E. s. yanagisawai Sugiyama, 1996 Yunnan, Sichuan Etymology Named for the mythical Sahadeva.
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