Vagrans egista (Cramer, 1780) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Vagrans egista (Cramer, 1780)

Vagrans egista (Cramer, 1780)

Vagrans egista, the vagrant, is a monotypic nymphalid butterfly from tropical South and Southeast Asian forests.

Family
Genus
Vagrans
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Vagrans egista (Cramer, 1780)

Vagrans is a monotypic genus, meaning it contains only one species: Vagrans egista, commonly called the vagrant. This species is a nymphalid butterfly that lives in forested regions of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Vagrans

More from Nymphalidae

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