Overview
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Faunis is a genus of Asian butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are among the butterflies commonly known as "fauns" or "duffers".[ ? discuss]
Larvae are found on Musa, Smilax, and Pandanus host plants.[1]
Many forms, whether species or subspecies, are restricted to islands and are probably vulnerable.[2]
Species list
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Based on Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Years given are the actual publication dates where known.
- Faunis H?bner, 1819 ( = Clerome Westwood, 185
0)
- Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890)
- Faunis aerope aerope (Leech, 1890)
- Faunis aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1911
- Faunis aerope masseyeffi Brooks, 1949
- Faunis aerope longpoensis Huang, 2001
- Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) originally Papilio arcesilaus Fabricius, 1787
- Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis canens H?bner, 1826
- Faunis canens canens H?bner, 1826
- Faunis canens arcesilas Stichel, 1933
- Faunis canens borneensis Fruhstorfer
- Faunis canens pallidior Hagan
- Faunis canens samadhi Fruhstorfer
- Faunis canens niasana Fruhstorfer
- Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773) originally Papilio eumeus Drury, 1773
- Faunis eumeus eumeus (Drury, 1773)
- Faunis eumeus incerta Staudinger
- Faunis gracilis (Butler, 1867) originally Clerom e gracilis Butler, 1867
- Faunis kirata (de Nic?ville, 1891) originally Clerome kirata de Nic?ville, 1891
- Faunis menado (Hewitson, 1863)
- Faunis menado menado (Hewitson, 1863)
- Faunis menado pleonasma R?ber
- Faunis menado chitone Hewitson
- Faunis menado intermedia R?ber
- Faunis menado syllus Fruhstorfer
- Faunis menado suluana Fruhstorfer
- Faunis phaon Erichson, 1834
- Faunis phaon leucis (Felder & Felder, 1861)[3]
- Faunis phaon phaon Erichson, 1834
- Faunis phaon lurida Felder
- Faunis phaon ikonion Fruhstorfer
- Faunis phaon sibuyanensis Yamaguchi & Aoki
- Faunis sappho Semper, 1878
- Faunis sappho sappho Semper, 1878
- Faunis sappho kleis Semper
- Faunis sappho amei nokleia Fruhstorfer
- Faunis stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis stomphax stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis stomphax plateni Staudinger
- Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890)
Larvae are found on Musa, Smilax, and Pandanus host plants.[1]
Many forms, whether species or subspecies, are restricted to islands and are probably vulnerable.[2]
Species list
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Based on Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Years given are the actual publication dates where known.
- Faunis H?bner, 1819 ( = Clerome Westwood, 1850)
- Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890)
- Faunis aerope aerope (Leech, 1890)
- Faunis aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1911
- Faunis aerope masseyeffi Brooks, 1949
- Faunis aerope longpoensis Huang, 2001
- Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) originally Papilio arcesilaus Fabricius, 1787
- Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis canens H?bner, 1826
- Faunis canens canens H?bner, 1826
- Faunis canens arcesilas Stichel, 1933
- Faunis canens borneensis Fruhstorfer
- Faunis canens pallidior Hagan
- Faunis canens samadhi Fruhstorfer
- Faunis canens niasana Fruhstorfer
- Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773) orig
inally Papilio eumeus Drury, 1773
- Faunis eumeus eumeus (Drury, 1773)
- Faunis eumeus incerta Staudinger
- Faunis gracilis (Butler, 1867) originally Clerome gracilis Butler, 1867
- Faunis kirata (de Nic?ville, 1891) originally Clerome kirata de Nic?ville, 1891
- Faunis menado (Hewitson, 1863)
- Faunis menado menado (Hewitson, 1863)
- Faunis menado pleonasma R?ber
- Faunis menado chitone Hewitson
- Faunis menado intermedia R?ber
- Faunis menado syllus Fruhstorfer
- Faunis menado suluana Fruhstorfer
- Faunis phaon Erichson, 1834
- Faunis phaon leucis (Felder & Felder, 1861)[3]
- Faunis phaon phaon Erichson, 1834
- Faunis phaon lurida Felder
- Faunis phaon ikonion Fruhstorfer
- Faunis p haon sibuyanensis Yamaguchi & Aoki
- Faunis sappho Semper, 1878
- Faunis sappho sappho Semper, 1878
- Faunis sappho kleis Semper
- Faunis sappho ameinokleia Fruhstorfer
- Faunis stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis stomphax stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis stomphax plateni Staudinger
- Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890)
References
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- ^ Eliot (ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury. (1992). The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition, ISBN 983-9681-05-2.
- ^ Koh, L. P., Sodhi, N. S., & Brook, B. W. (2004). Co-extinctions of tropical butterflies and their hostplants. Biotropica, 36(2), 272-274.
- ^ Schroeder & Treadaway. (2005). Nympha lidae IX: Amathusiini of the Philippine Islands. Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 2, f. 1-7.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Faunis is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 64 species and subspecies in the Genus Faunis: F. adamsi · F. aerope · F. aerope aerope · F. ameinokleia · F. arcesilas · F. arcesilaus · F. assamus · F. baliensis · F. bankensis · F. barrauti · F. besa · F. borneensis · F. burmana · F. caecus · F. canens · F. canens arcesilas · F. carfinia · F. chitone · F. cyme · F. decempunctatus · F. eumeus · F. excelsus · F. faunula · F. faunuloides · F. fruhstorferi · F. gracilis · F. gripusalis · F. ikonion · F. incertus · F. indistincta · F. intermedius · F. kirata · F. klados · F. kleis · F. lautensis · F. leonteus · F. leucida · F. leucis · F. luridus · F. masseyeffi · F. menado · F. menado chitone · F. microocellata · F. microps · F. moiarum · F. niasanus · F. pallidior · F. phaon · F. plateni · F. pleonasma · F. rufus · F. samadhi · F. sappho · F. stomphax · F. subpallida · F. sulanus · F. sumatranus · F. sumatrensis · F. syllus · F. taraki · F. tenuitata · F. toxopeusi · F. ynunnanensis · F. zenica
References
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- ^ Eliot (ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury. (1992). The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition, ISBN 983-9681-05-2.
- ^ Koh, L. P., Sodhi, N. S., & Brook, B. W. (2004). Co-extinctions of tropical butterflies and their hostplants. Biotropica, 36(2), 272-274.
- ^ Schroeder & Treadaway. (2005). Nymphalidae IX: Amathusiini of the Philippine Islands. Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 2, f. 1-7.
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