Taenaris selene

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Taenaris selene
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From Adalbert Seitz's Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taenaris
Species:
T. selene
Binomial name
Taenaris selene
(Westwood, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Drusilla selene Westwood, 1851
  • Taenaris buruensis Forbes, 1883
  • Tenaris macrops gigas Staudinger, 1888
  • Taenaris selene gigas f. pseudomacrops Rothschild, 1915
  • Tenaris sura Brooks, 1944

Taenaris selene is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1851. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Subspecies[]

  • T. s. selene (Buru, Moluccas)
  • T. s. gigas Staudinger, 1888 (Serang)
  • T. s. sura Brooks, 1944 (Geisser Island)

References[]

  1. ^ Westwood, 1851 On the Papilio telamon of Donovan, with descriptions of two other Eastern butterflies Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2) 1 (5): 173-176
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links[]

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


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