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title: "Common Archduke"
description: "Lexias pardalis — Insecten en spinnen. Lexias pardalis, the common archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-archduke
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Archduke

> Lexias pardalis — Insecten en spinnen. Lexias pardalis, the common archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Lexias pardalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 7749
- Wikidata: [Q1933632](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1933632)
- iNaturalist taxon: [130335](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/130335)

## Names

- en: Common Archduke
- fr: Archiduc commun

## Countries with the most observations

HK (3329), SG (963), MY (584), TH (546), CN (195), MO (150), VN (117), ID (104), IN (84), LA (80), KH (57), PH (37)

## Summary

Lexias pardalis, the common archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexias_pardalis

## Photo

![Common Archduke](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-archduke/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21940769

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-archduke?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).