Taenaris dioptrica

Taenaris dioptrica is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1860. It is found in New Guinea in the Australasian realm.[2]

Taenaris dioptrica
Taenaris dioptrica amitaba in Adalbert Seitz's Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Taenaris
Species:
T. dioptrica
Binomial name
Taenaris dioptrica
Synonyms
  • Drusilla dioptrica Vollenhoven, 1860
  • Taenaris dioptrica orientalis Rothschild, 1916
  • Taenaris timesias Kirsch, 1877
  • Tenaris hyperbolus onesimides Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Tenaris dioptrica wattina Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Taenaris tainia anella Stichel, 1906
  • Tenaris hyperbolus licinia Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Tenaris hyperbolus amitaba Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Tenaris helice Brooks, 1944

Subspecies
  • T. d. dioptrica (New Guinea, Salawati, Jobi Island)
  • T. d. licinia (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Jobi Island
  • T. d. rileyi Hulstaert, 1925 (New Guinea - Oetakwa River, Eilanden River)
  • T. d. amitaba (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Waigeu)
  • T. d. helice (Brooks, 1944) (Gebe Island)

References
  1. Vollenhoven, 1860 Over eenige nieuwe soorten van daglinders uit Oost-Indie Tijdschrift voor entomologie 3: 35-45, pl. 1-4
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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