Taenaris dimona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Taenaris
Species:
T. dimona
Binomial name
Taenaris dimona
(Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Drusilla dimona Hewitson, 1862
  • Tenaris dimona desdemona Staudinger, 1888
  • Tenaris dinora Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
  • Tenaris microps Grose-Smith, 1894

Taenaris dimona is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • T. d. dimona (Serang, Ambon)
  • T. d. dinora Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 (New Guinea)
  • T. d. sorronga Fruhstorfer, 1905 (New Guinea: Sorong)
  • T. d. offaka Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Waigeu)
  • T. d. dimonata Stichel, 1906 (Salawati)
  • T. d. didorus Brooks, 1944 (Misool)
  • T. d. aruensis Brooks, 1944 (Aru)
  • T. d. anna Fruhstorfer, 1915 (New Guinea: Arfak)
  • T. d. kapaura Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Onin Peninsula to Geelvink Bay)
  • T. d. zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914 (New Guinea: Snow Mountains)
  • T. d. microps Grose-Smith, 1894 (New Guinea: Humboldt Bay)
  • T. d. areia Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Astrolabe Bay to Finschhaffen)
  • T. d. thaema Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Huon Peninsula)
  • T. d. sophaineta Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Yule Island)

References

  1. ↑ Hewitson, 1862 Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [4]
  2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Wikispecies has information related to Taenaris dimona.
  • Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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