Faunis arcesilaus
| Indian Faun | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Faunis |
| Species: | F. arcesilaus |
| Binomial name | |
| Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) | |
The Indian Faun Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787)[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
This butterfly may be conspecific with Faunis canens.[2]
Distribution
The Indian Faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar.[3]
Description
Upperside of both male and female ochraceous, uniform in male. Apex of fore wing and termen in fore and hind wings in female slightly darker. Underside slightly ochraceous brown; subbasal and discal narrow dark fasciae crossing both fore and hind wing, strongly curved on the latter; followed by a postdiscal line of minute yellow spots, six. on the fore, seven on the hind wing, on the latter posteriorly abruptly curved ; lastly, a sub terminal dark sinuous line. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen concolorous with the upperside of the wings.[4]
Status
Common.[3]
Cited references
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.
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
See also
- Morphinae
- Nymphalidae
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)