Faunis canens Hübner (1820)

Faunis canens, the common faun, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.^[1] This species may include the Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus.^[2]

The common faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar^[3] and through Thailand, peninsular Malaya, Singapore to southern Yunnan and the western islands of the Indonesian archipelago.^[4] The larva feeds on Musa.

Footnotes

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.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

Faunis canens (Anglice common faun) est papilio subfamiliae Morphinarum familiae Nymphalidarum, in Asia Meridiana et Asia Meridio-Occidentali endemicus. Inter speciem fortasse est Faunis arcesilaus.

Faunis canens a Sikkim ad Assam et Birmaniam^[1] et per Thailandiam, Malaesiam paeninsularem, et Singapuram ad Yunnan meridianam et occidentales archipelaginis Indonesiae insulas invenitur.^[2]

Notae

Bibliographia

• Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Ed. 2a. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena. 1994. Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A. 1957. Butterflies of the Indian Region. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society.

Nexus externus

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Faunis canens, atau Common Faun, adalah kupu-kupu yang termasuk dalam kelompok keluarga Nymphalidae dan sub-keluarga Morphinae. Ia mempunyai lebar sayap sekitar 55–65 mm.^[1]

Rujukan

• Evans, W.H. (1932): The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
• Haribal, Meena (1992): Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation, Gangtok, Sikkim.
• Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Faunis. Version of 2006-MAR-16. Retrieved 2007-SEP-08.
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957): Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

Faunis canens is een vlinder uit de familie Nymphalidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1826 door Jacob Hübner.