Taenaris dimona

Taenaris dimona
Taenaris dimona in Hewitson Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taenaris
Species:	T. dimona
Binomial name
Taenaris dimona (Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
Drusilla dimona Hewitson, 1862 Tenaris dimona desdemona Staudinger, 1888 Tenaris dinora Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 Tenaris microps Grose-Smith, 1894

Taenaris dimona is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Australasian realm.^[2]

Subspecies[]

• T. d. dimona (Serang, Ambon)
• T. d. dinora Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 (New Guinea)
• T. d. sorronga Fruhstorfer, 1905 (New Guinea: Sorong)
• T. d. offaka Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Waigeu)
• T. d. dimonata Stichel, 1906 (Salawati)
• T. d. didorus Brooks, 1944 (Misool)
• T. d. aruensis Brooks, 1944 (Aru)
• T. d. anna Fruhstorfer, 1915 (New Guinea: Arfak)
• T. d. kapaura Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Onin Peninsula to Geelvink Bay)
• T. d. zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914 (New Guinea: Snow Mountains)
• T. d. microps Grose-Smith, 1894 (New Guinea: Humboldt Bay)
• T. d. areia Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Astrolabe Bay to Finschhaffen)
• T. d. thaema Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Huon Peninsula)
• T. d. sophaineta Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Yule Island)

References[]

External links[]

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

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