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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Taenaris |
| Species: | T. urania |
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| Taenaris urania | |
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Taenaris urania is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia.
Urania was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass.
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Taenaris schoenbergi is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to New Guinea.
Taenaris onolaus is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on New Guinea.
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Taenaris macrops, the silky owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860.
Taenaris myops is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Taenaris dioptrica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1860. It is found in New Guinea in the Australasian realm.
Taenaris cyclops is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1894. It is found in New Guinea in the Australasian realm.
Taenaris chionides is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1880. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm.
Taenaris artemis is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1860. It is found in the Australasian realm
Taenaris gorgo is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch in 1877. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm
Taenaris bioculatus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1830. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm
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.
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