Taenaris
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| Taenaris artemis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Amathusiini |
| Genus: | Taenaris Hübner, 1819[1] |
| Type species | |
| Papilio urania Linnaeus, 1758
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Taenaris is a genus of
Amathusiinae, that distributed throughout Australasia with a majority of species being located on the island of New Guinea. They are commonly known as the owl butterflies.[2]
Taenaris are showy medium to large butterflies with predominantly white wings often featuring extensive patches of black, gray, or tan coloration. They are best known for their rounded hindwings which feature well developed eyespots, most of which are yellow in color with blue-black "pupils".[2] Due to their larval diet consisting of toxic cycasin-rich foodplants, many members of genus are involved within Müllerian mimicry complexes.
Distribution
Members of the genus Taenaris are found throughout
Moluccas).[2]
Mimicry
Members of the genus Taenaris often serve as models within
Hyantis hodeva (Nymphalidae).[3]
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Papilio aegeus -
Elymnias agondas -
Hyantis hodeva -
Hypolimnas deois
Species
- unknown species group
- Taenaris alocus Brooks, 1950
- Taenaris artemis (Vollenhoven, 1860)
- Taenaris bioculatus (Guérin-Méneville, [1830])
- Taenaris butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
- Taenaris catops (Westwood, 1851)
- Taenaris chionides (Godman & Salvin, 1880)
- Taenaris cyclops Staudinger, 1894
- Taenaris diana Butler, 1870
- Taenaris dimona (Hewitson, 1862)
- Taenaris dina Staudinger, 1894
- Taenaris dioptrica (Vollenhoven, 1860)
- Taenaris domitilla (Hewitson, 1861)
- Taenaris gorgo (Kirsch, 1877)
- Taenaris honrathi Staudinger, 1887
- Taenaris horsfieldii (Swainson, [1820])
- Taenaris hyperbolus (Kirsch, 1877)
- Taenaris macrops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
- Taenaris mailua Grose-Smith, 1897
- Taenaris montana Stichel, 1906
- Taenaris myops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
- Taenaris onolaus (Kirsch, 1877)
- Taenaris phorcas (Westwood, 1858)
- Taenaris scylla Staudinger, 1887
- Taenaris selene (Westwood, 1851)
- Taenaris urania (Linnaeus, 1758)
- morphotenaris species group
- Taenaris nivescens (Rothschild, 1896)
- Taenaris schoenbergi (Fruhstorfer, 1893)
References
- ^ Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b c d e Lambkin, Trevor A. (September 2010). "A review of Taenaris Hübner (lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Amathusiinae) in Queensland, together with first Australian records for T. Myops Kirschistaudinger and Elymnias agondas melanippe Grose-smith (satyrinae)". Australian Entomologist. 37 (3): 77–92. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- S2CID 225718048. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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