| Faunis canens | |
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| Faunis canens arcesilaus Stichel, 1933, from Malaya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Faunis |
| Species: | F. canens |
| Binomial name | |
| Faunis canens Hübner, 1826 | |
| Synonyms | |
See text | |
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 .
