Taenaris

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Taenaris
Taenaris catops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Taenaris
Hübner, 1819[1]
Synonyms
  • Hiades Guérin-Ménéville, 1838
  • Hyades Boisduval, 1832
  • Tenaris Hübner, 1819
  • Drusilla Swainson, 1820
  • Morphotenaris Fruhstorfer, 1893
  • Elymniotenaris Fruhstorfer, 1911

Taenaris is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that live in Australasia.all the species have highly developed eyespots that are either blue or yellow

Species

  • unknown species-group
    • Taenaris alocus Brooks, 1950
    • Taenaris artemis (Vollenhoven, 1860)
    • Taenaris bioculatus (Guérin-Méneville, [1830])
    • Taenaris butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
    • Taenaris catops (Westwood, 1851)
    • Taenaris chionides (Godman & Salvin, 1880)
    • Taenaris cyclops Staudinger, 1894
    • Taenaris diana Butler, 1870
    • Taenaris dimona (Hewitson, 1862)
    • Taenaris dina Staudinger, 1894
    • Taenaris dioptrica (Vollenhoven, 1860)
    • Taenaris domitilla (Hewitson, 1861)
    • Taenaris gorgo (Kirsch, 1877)
    • Taenaris honrathi Staudinger, 1887
    • Taenaris horsfieldii (Swainson, [1820])
    • Taenaris hyperbolus (Kirsch, 1877)
    • Taenaris macrops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
    • Taenaris mailua Grose-Smith, 1897
    • Taenaris montana Stichel, 1906
    • Taenaris myops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
    • Taenaris onolaus (Kirsch, 1877)
    • Taenaris phorcas (Westwood, 1858)
    • Taenaris scylla Staudinger, 1887
    • Taenaris selene (Westwood, 1851)
    • Taenaris urania (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • morphotenaris species-group

Mimics

they may be chemically defended so some species are models to these mimics

References

  1. Taenaris at funet.fi

External links


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