Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Faunis arcesilaus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Faunis Rank Species | |
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Similar Faunis, Faunis canens, Faunis eumeus, Morphinae | ||
The Indian Faun Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family.
Contents
This butterfly may be conspecific with Faunis canens.
Distribution
The Indian Faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar.
Description
Upperside of both male and female ochraceous, uniform in male. Apex of forewing and termen in forewings and hindwings in female slightly darker. Underside slightly ochraceous brown; subbasal and discal narrow dark fasciae crossing both forewing and hindwing, strongly curved on the latter; followed by a postdiscal line of minute yellow spots, six. on the fore, seven on the hindwing, on the latter posteriorly abruptly curved; lastly, a sub terminal dark sinuous line. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen concolorous with the upperside of the wings.
Status
Common.