Ariadne (butterfly) explained

Ariadne is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, commonly called castors, found from Sub-Saharan Africa to South-East Asia. It was erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1829.^[1] The genus was named after Ariadne the daughter of Minos, king of Crete.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• Ariadne actisanes (Hewitson, 1875)
• Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763) – angled castor (India, China, Ceylon, Indonesia, Vietnam)
• Ariadne celebensis Holland, 1898 – Celebes castor
• Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, [1779]) – African castor
• Ariadne isaeus (Wallace, 1869) – lesser angled castor
• Ariadne merione (Cramer, [1777]) – common castor (Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam)
• Ariadne merionoides (Holland, 1891) – Holland's castor
• Ariadne obscura (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
• Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904) – Pagenstecher's castor (Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Zaire, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
• Ariadne personata (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
• Ariadne specularia (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Cambodia, Vietnam)
• Ariadne taeniata (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Indonesia)
• Ariadne timora (Wallace, 1869) (Timor)

References

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 49

External links

• Images representing Ariadne at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Images representing Ariadne at Encyclopedia of Life

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . December 22, 2018 . Ariadne Horsfield, [1829] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 11, 2020.