Faunis canens, the common faun, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.[1] This species may include the Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus.[2]

Faunis canens
Faunis canens arcesilaus Stichel, 1933, from Malaya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Faunis
Species:
F. canens
Binomial name
Faunis canens
Hübner, 1826
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The common faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar[3] and through Thailand, peninsular Malaya, Singapore to southern Yunnan and the western islands of the Indonesian archipelago.[4] The larva feeds on Musa.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Faunis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ See Talk:Faunis canens and Savela (2006) for references.
  3. ^ Wynter-Blyth (1957) p.132
  4. ^ Savela (2006)

References

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  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.