Taenaris dioptrica

Taenaris dioptrica
Taenaris dioptrica amitaba in Adalbert Seitz's Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taenaris
Species:	T. dioptrica
Binomial name
Taenaris dioptrica (Vollenhoven, 1860)
Synonyms
Drusilla dioptrica Vollenhoven, 1860 Taenaris dioptrica orientalis Rothschild, 1916 Taenaris timesias Kirsch, 1877 Tenaris hyperbolus onesimides Fruhstorfer, 1904 Tenaris dioptrica wattina Fruhstorfer, 1904 Taenaris tainia anella Stichel, 1906 Tenaris hyperbolus licinia Fruhstorfer, 1904 Tenaris hyperbolus amitaba Fruhstorfer, 1904 Tenaris helice Brooks, 1944

Taenaris dioptrica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1860. It is found in New Guinea in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

• T. d. dioptrica (New Guinea, Salawati, Jobi Island)
• T. d. licinia (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Jobi Island
• T. d. rileyi Hulstaert, 1925 (New Guinea - Oetakwa River, Eilanden River)
• T. d. amitaba (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Waigeu)
• T. d. helice (Brooks, 1944) (Gebe Island)

External links

• Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms