Taenaris

Taenaris
Taenaris macrops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Amathusiini
Genus:	Taenaris Hübner, 1819[1]
Synonyms
Hiades Guérin-Ménéville, 1838 Hyades Boisduval, 1832 Tenaris Hübner, 1819 Drusilla Swainson, 1820 Morphotenaris Fruhstorfer, 1893 Elymniotenaris Fruhstorfer, 1911

Taenaris is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae that live in Australasia. All species have highly developed eyespots that are either blue or yellow.

Species

• unknown species-group
  • Taenaris alocus Brooks, 1950
  • Taenaris artemis (Vollenhoven, 1860)
  • Taenaris bioculatus (Guérin-Méneville, [1830])
  • Taenaris butleri (Oberthür, 1880)
  • Taenaris catops (Westwood, 1851)
  • Taenaris chionides (Godman & Salvin, 1880)
  • Taenaris cyclops Staudinger, 1894
  • Taenaris diana Butler, 1870
  • Taenaris dimona (Hewitson, 1862)
  • Taenaris dina Staudinger, 1894
  • Taenaris dioptrica (Vollenhoven, 1860)
  • Taenaris domitilla (Hewitson, 1861)
  • Taenaris gorgo (Kirsch, 1877)
  • Taenaris honrathi Staudinger, 1887
  • Taenaris horsfieldii (Swainson, [1820])
  • Taenaris hyperbolus (Kirsch, 1877)
  • Taenaris macrops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
  • Taenaris mailua Grose-Smith, 1897
  • Taenaris montana Stichel, 1906
  • Taenaris myops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
  • Taenaris onolaus (Kirsch, 1877)
  • Taenaris phorcas (Westwood, 1858)
  • Taenaris scylla Staudinger, 1887
  • Taenaris selene (Westwood, 1851)
  • Taenaris urania (Linnaeus, 1758)
• morphotenaris species-group
  • Taenaris nivescens (Rothschild, 1896)
  • Taenaris schoenbergi (Fruhstorfer, 1893)

Mimics

Certain members of the genus Taenaris serve as models in Batesian mimicry complexes.^[2]

• Hyantis
• Mycalesis
• Hypocysta
• Elymnias
• Hypolimnas

References

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