Taenaris gorgo explained
Taenaris gorgo is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch in 1877. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm[1]
Subspecies
- T. g. gorgo (New Guinea, Salawati Island, Sorong)
- T. g. gorgophone Fruhstorfer, 1904 New Guinea (Humboldt Bay, Finschhafef)
- T. g. danalis Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Waigeu)
- T. g. mera Fruhstorfer, 1905 (New Guinea: Afrak, Wangaar River)
- T. g. ucina Brooks, 1944 (New Guinea: Snow Mountains, Eilanden River)
- T. g. yulei Bakker, 1942 (Papua: Aroa River)
- T. g. gorgias Brooks, 1950 (New Guinea)
External links
- Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Notes and References
- [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]
