Taenaris
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.
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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]
References
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