Faunis canens explained

Faunis canens, the common faun, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.^[1] This species may include the Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus.^[2]

The common faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar^[3] and through Thailand, peninsular Malaya, Singapore to southern Yunnan and the western islands of the Indonesian archipelago.^[4] The larva feeds on Musa.

References

• Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .
• Book: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992 .
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/faunis/ "Faunis Hübner, [1819]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. See and Savela (2006) for references.
3. Wynter-Blyth (1957) p.132
4. Savela (2006)