Faunis arcesilaus
| Indian Faun | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Faunis |
| Species: | F. arcesilaus |
| Binomial name | |
| Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) |
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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]
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[edit] Distribution
The Indian Faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar.[3]
[edit] 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]
[edit] Status
Common.[3]
[edit] Cited references
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Faunis genus.
- ^ See Talk:Faunis arcesilaus
- ^ a b Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 132.
- ^ Bingham, C. T. (1905) Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol. 1 (Under Clerome arcesilaus)
[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.
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
[edit] See also
- Morphinae
- Nymphalidae
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
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