Ariadne (butterfly)

Ariadne is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, commonly called castors, found from Sub-Saharan Africa to South-East Asia. It was erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1829.[1] The genus was named after Ariadne the daughter of Minos, king of Crete.

This article is about the butterfly genus. For the plant genus, see Ariadne (plant).

Ariadne
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Biblidini
Genus: Ariadne
Horsfield, [1829]
Synonyms

Ergolis Boisduval, [1836]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • Ariadne actisanes (Hewitson, 1875)
  • Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
  • Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763) – angled castor (India, China, Ceylon, Indonesia, Vietnam)
  • Ariadne celebensis Holland, 1898
  • Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, [1779]) – African castor
  • Ariadne isaeus (Wallace, 1869) – lesser angled castor
  • Ariadne merione (Cramer, [1777]) – common castor (Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam)
  • Ariadne merionoides (Holland, 1891)
  • Ariadne obscura (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
  • Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904) – Pagenstecher's castor (Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Zaire, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Ariadne personata (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
  • Ariadne specularia (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Cambodia, Vietnam)
  • Ariadne taeniata (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Indonesia)
  • Ariadne timora (Wallace, 1869) (Timor)

References
  1. Savela, Markku (December 22, 2018). "Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 11, 2020.


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