Faunis arcesilaus
| Indian Faun | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Faunis |
| Species: | F. arcesilaus |
| Binomial name | |
| Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) | |
The Indian Faun Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787)[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family.
This butterfly may be conspecific with Faunis canens.[2]
Distribution
The Indian Faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar.[3]
Description
Upperside of both male and female ochraceous, uniform in male. Apex of forewing and termen in forewings and hindwings in female slightly darker. Underside slightly ochraceous brown; subbasal and discal narrow dark fasciae crossing both forewing and hindwing, strongly curved on the latter; followed by a postdiscal line of minute yellow spots, six. on the fore, seven on the hindwing, 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]
Status
Common.[3]
See also
- Morphinae
- Nymphalidae
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
Cited references
- ↑ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Faunis genus.
- ↑ See Talk:Faunis arcesilaus
- 1 2 Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 132. ISBN 978-8170192329.
- ↑ Bingham, C.T. (1905). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma Butterflies. 1 (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. (under Clerome arcesilaus)
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.