Taenaris myops

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Taenaris myops
Nymphalidae - Taenaris myops wahnesi.JPG
T. m. wahnesi - mounted specimen, underside
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taenaris
Species:
T. myops
Binomial name
Taenaris myops
(C. & R. Felder, 1860) [1]
Synonyms
  • Drusilla myops C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Tenaris myops
  • Drusilla kirschi Staudinger, 1887
  • Taenaris rothschildi parallellus Rothschild, 1916
  • Taenaris rothschildi maneta Hulstaert, 1923
  • Tenaris rothschildi Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Taenaris wahnesi subquadriocellata Strand, 1911

Taenaris myops is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

Subspecies

Description

Taenaris myops has a wingspan of about 80–90 millimetres (3.1–3.5 in). Wings are fuliginous grey. Upperside of each hindwing has one ocellated spot, while undersides of each hinding show two large bright eyepots, of which the centre is blackish with a small white central eye, surrounded with a pale fulvous ring. [2]

Distribution

This species can be found in New Guinea. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Novitates zoologicae