Taenaris phorcas

Taenaris phorcas
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taenaris
Species:	T. phorcas
Binomial name
Taenaris phorcas (Westwood, 1858)
Synonyms
Drusilla phorcasWestwood, 1858 Drusilla anablepsVollenhoven, 1860 Taenaris bougainvilleanaStrand, 1914 Taenaris atestaRebel, 1895 Taenaris faronaFruhstorfer, 1912 Tanearis phorcas umboniusFruhstorfer, 1905 Tenaris anableps uranusStaudinger, 1888

Taenaris phorcas is a butterfly of the subfamily Morphinae in the family Nymphalidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Subspecies

Subspecies include: ^[3]

• Taenaris phorcas phorcas (Bismarck Archipelago - Solomon Islands)
• Taenaris phorcas uranusStaudinger, 1888 (Bismarck Archipelago - Crown Island)
• Taenaris phorcas admiralitatisRothschild, 1916 (Admiralty Islands)

Distribution

This species can be found in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Description

The upperside of the wings contains large white blotches, with broad brown edges and a wide eyespot surrounded with yellow orange located in the white area of the hindwings. The underside of the hindwings shows an outer angle completely brown and a wide patch with two large black eyespots surrounded with yellow orange. The abdomen is brown. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Biology

Larvae of this species feed on Dracaena species. ^[8]

References

1. Biolib
2. Catalogue of Life
3. Savela, Markku. "Taenaris Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
4. Discover Life
5. Insect Life Forms
6. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
7. Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology in Connection with the Tring Museum
8. Taenaris phorcas at HOSTS