Heteropsis narcissus

Heteropsis narcissus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Heteropsis
Species:	H. narcissus
Binomial name
	Heteropsis narcissus; (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
	Papilio narcissus Fabricius, 1798; Henotesia narcissus; Mycalesis fraterna Butler, 1868; Mycalesis evanescens Saalmüller, 1884; Culapa borbonica Oberthür, 1916; Henotesia borbonica; Culapa comorensis Oberthür, 1916; Henotesia comorensis; Culapa mayottensis Oberthür, 1916; Henotesia mayottensis;

Heteropsis narcissus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found on Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and the Comoros.^[2] The habitat consists of forest margins, orchids, unnatural grasslands and anthropogenic environments.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species, including Bambusa species.

Subspecies[]

Heteropsis narcissus narcissus (Mauritius, Reunion)
Heteropsis narcissus fraterna (Butler, 1868) (Madagascar, Anjouan)
Heteropsis narcissus borbonica (Oberthür, 1916) (Reunion)
Heteropsis narcissus comorensis (Oberthür, 1916) (Anjouan and Moheli)
Heteropsis narcissus salimi (Turlin, 1994) (Grand Comore)
Heteropsis narcissus mayottensis (Oberthür, 1916) (Comoro Islands)

References[]

^ "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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[funet-1] "Heteropsis Westwood, 1850" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina

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Taxon identifiers
Heteropsis narcissus	Wikidata: Q17644445 Wikispecies: Heteropsis narcissus BioLib: 811387 BOLD: 523567 GBIF: 7449539 iNaturalist: 474159 NCBI: 324719
Henotesia narcissus	Wikidata: Q13724597 EoL: 134461 GBIF: 1899164 IRMNG: 10267481 LepIndex: 140939