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Faunis arcesilaus

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Faunis arcesilaus

Phylum
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Faunis

Rank
  
Species

Faunis arcesilaus

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.

References

Faunis arcesilaus Wikipedia


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