I was early and lucky: this Faun caught the first rays of the morning sun in this damp & chilly mountain forest of Lore Lindu National Park.
Faunis menado HEWITSON, 1863 ?, (Menado Faun; its distribution points to this species)Genus:
Faunis HBNER, 1819 (fauns or duffers) [det. Tanya Mass, 2010, based on this photo]Tribus: AmathusiiniSubfamily: Morphinae (morphos, owl butterflies & related lineages)Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed or four-footed butterflies, Edelfalter)Superfamily: Papilionoidea(unranked): RhopaloceraSuborder: GlossataOrder: Lepidoptera (butterflies, Schmetterlinge)Subclass: PterygotaClass: Insect (insects, Insekten)Subphylum: HexapodaPhylum: Arthropodamore info:
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www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/dit...Indonesia, Central Sulawesi, Napu valley, Lore Lindo NP: Tambing lake (mountain rainforest),ca. 1500m asl., 08.05.2010________________________________________________100mm 2.8 macro (Canon), 1/160s, f16, ISO100, 0 EV, ring-flash, hand-heldIMG_0938