Taenaris artemis is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1860. It is found in the Australasian realm[2]

Taenaris artemis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taenaris
Species:
T. artemis
Binomial name
Taenaris artemis
Synonyms
List
  • Drusilla artemis Vollenhoven, 1860
  • Tenaris barbata Kirby, 1889
  • Taenaris artemis eleusina Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Taenaris artemis f. timesides Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Tenaris jamesi Butler, [1877]
  • Tenaris sticheli Fruhstorfer, 1901
  • Tenaris sticheli Fruhstorfer, 1902
  • Tenaris staudingeri Honrath, 1889
  • Tenaris onesimus Butler, 1877
  • Taenaris artemis staudingeri ab. infumata Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Taenaris artemis staudingeri ab. limbatus Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Taenaris artemis staudingeri ab. artemides Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Taenaris artemis ab. monops Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Taenaris staudingeri ab. simonetta Fruhstorfer, 1905
  • Taenaris rothschildi reducta Rothschild, 1915
  • Taenaris zetes Brooks, 1944
  • Tenaris affinis Kirby, 1889
  • Tenaris melanops Grose-Smith, 1897

Subspecies edit

  • T. a. artemis (West Irian, Mioswar Island)
  • T. a. jamesi Butler, [1877] (Papua, Yule Island, Darnley Island)
  • T. a. staudingeri (Honrath, 1889) (New Guinea)
  • T. a. gisela Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Waigeu)
  • T. a. celsa Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Salawati)
  • T. a. ziada Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Misool)
  • T. a. myopina Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Aru)
  • T. a. zenada Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Onin Peninsula to Geelvink Bay, Kapaur)
  • T. a. blandina Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Jobi Island)
  • T. a. humboldti Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Humboldt Bay)
  • T. a. electra Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Fergusson, Goodenough, Normanby)
  • T. a. tineutus Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Woodlark Island)
  • T. a. reducta Rothschild, 1915 (Vulcan Island, Manam Island)
  • T. a. queenslandica Rothschild, 1916 (northern Queensland: Cape York)
  • T. a. madu Brooks, 1944 (Biak)
  • T. a. pedus Brooks, 1944 (Gebe Island)
  • T. a. zetes Brooks, 1944 (Murray Island)
  • T. a. affinis Kirby, 1889 (Rossel Island, Yela Island)
  • T. a. melanops Grose-Smith, 1897 (Sud Est, New Guinea, Tagula Island)

References edit

  1. ^ Vollenhoven, 1860 Over eenige nieuwe soorten van daglinders uit Oost-Indie Tijdschr. Ent. 3 : 35-45, pl. 1-4
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links edit

  • Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms