Faunis canens

Common Faun
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
Family: Nymphalidae
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] The larva feeds on Musa.

Footnotes

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

References