Faunis Explained
Faunis is a genus of Asian butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are among the butterflies commonly known as fauns. They are relatively small-sized amathusiins, subtly colored in soft browns and violets, and range from China to the Philippines and Sulawesi.
Larvae are found on Musa, Smilax, and Pandanus host plants.[1]
Many forms, whether species or subspecies, are restricted to islands and are probably vulnerable.[2]
Species list
Based on Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Years given are the actual publication dates where known.
- Faunis Hübner, 1819 (= Clerome Westwood, 1850)
- Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890)
- Faunis aerope aerope (Leech, 1890)
- Faunis aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1911
- Faunis aerope masseyeffi Brooks, 1949
- Faunis aerope longpoensis Huang, 2001
- Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) originally Papilio arcesilaus Fabricius, 1787
- Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis canens Hübner, 1826
- Faunis canens canens Hübner, 1826
- Faunis canens arcesilas Stichel, 1933
- Faunis canens borneensis Fruhstorfer
- Faunis canens pallidior Hagan
- Faunis canens samadhi Fruhstorfer
- Faunis canens niasana Fruhstorfer
- Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773) originally Papilio eumeus Drury, 1773
- Faunis eumeus eumeus (Drury, 1773)
- Faunis eumeus incerta Staudinger
- Faunis gracilis (Butler, 1867) originally Clerome gracilis Butler, 1867
- Faunis kirata (de Nicéville, 1891) originally Clerome kirata de Nicéville, 1891
- Faunis menado (Hewitson, 1863)
- Faunis menado menado (Hewitson, 1863)
- Faunis menado pleonasma Röber
- Faunis menado chitone Hewitson
- Faunis menado intermedia Röber
- Faunis menado syllus Fruhstorfer
- Faunis menado suluana Fruhstorfer
- Faunis phaon Erichson, 1834
- Faunis phaon leucis (Felder & Felder, 1861)[3]
- Faunis phaon phaon Erichson, 1834
- Faunis phaon lurida Felder
- Faunis phaon ikonion Fruhstorfer
- Faunis phaon sibuyanensis Yamaguchi & Aoki
- Faunis sappho Semper, 1878
- Faunis sappho sappho Semper, 1878
- Faunis sappho kleis Semper
- Faunis sappho ameinokleia Fruhstorfer
- Faunis stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis stomphax stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
- Faunis stomphax plateni Staudinger
References
- Eliot (ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury. (1992). The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition, .
- Koh, L. P., Sodhi, N. S., & Brook, B. W. (2004). Co-extinctions of tropical butterflies and their hostplants. Biotropica, 36(2), 272-274.
- Schroeder & Treadaway. (2005). Nymphalidae IX: Amathusiini of the Philippine Islands. Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 2, f. 1-7.
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