Faunis canens

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

  1. ↑ "Faunis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ See Talk:Faunis canens and Savela (2006) for references.
  3. ↑ Wynter-Blyth (1957) p.132
  4. ↑ Savela (2006)

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