Faunis canens

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Common Faun
Faunis canens arcesilaus Stichel, 1933. Museum specimen from Malaya.
Faunis canens arcesilaus Stichel, 1933. Museum specimen from Malaya.
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Faunis
Species: F. canens
Binomial name
Faunis canens
Hübner, 1826
Synonyms

See text.

The Common Faun, Faunis canens, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the Brush-footed butterflies. This species may include the Indian Faun, Faunis arcesilaus.[1]

The Common Faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar[2] and through Thailand, peninsular Malaya, Singapore to southern Yunnan and the western islands of the Indonesian archipelago[3].

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See Talk:Faunis canens and Savela (2006) for references.
  2. ^ Wynter-Blyth (1957) p.132
  3. ^ Savela (2006)

[edit] References

  • Evans, W.H. (1932): The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, Meena (1992): Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation, Gangtok, Sikkim.
  • Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Faunis. Version of 2006-MAR-16. Retrieved 2007-SEP-08.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957): Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.


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