Terinos tethys

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Terinos tethys
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Terinos tethys udaios in Adalbert Seitz's Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Terinos
Species:
T. tethys
Binomial name
Terinos tethys
(Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Terinos wahnesiHeller, 1902

Terinos tethys is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is endemic to New Guinea 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 [4]
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9