Taenaris dimona

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Taenaris dimona
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taenaris
Species:
T. dimona
Binomial name
Taenaris dimona
(Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Drusilla dimonaHewitson, 1862
  • Tenaris dimona desdemonaStaudinger, 1888
  • Tenaris dinoraGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
  • Tenaris micropsGrose-Smith, 1894

Taenaris dimona is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Australasian realm. [2]

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References

  1. Hewitson, 1862 Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [4]
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9