Taenaris cyclops

Taenaris cyclops is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1894. It is found in New Guinea in the Australasian realm.[2]

Taenaris cyclops
Taenaris cyclops f. agapetha and f. eugenia in Adalbert Seitz's Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Taenaris
Species:
T. cyclops
Binomial name
Taenaris cyclops
Synonyms
  • Tenaris cyclops Staudinger, 1894
  • Tenaris timesias agapethus Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Taenaris cyclops f. agasta Stichel, 1906
  • Taenaris cyclops f. cyclopides Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Taenaris cyclops f. eugenia Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Taenaris catops interrupta Strand, 1911
  • Tenaris dioptrica ferdinandi Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Tenaris verbeeki Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Taenaris myops misolensis Rothschild, 1916
  • Taenaris kirschi occidentalis Rothschild, 1916
  • Tenaris cyclops acontius Brooks, 1944
  • Tenaris acontius Brooks, 1944
  • Taenaris kirschi interfaunus Rothschild, 1916

Subspecies
  • T. c. cyclops (eastern New Guinea)
  • T. c. ferdinandi (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (German New Guinea)
  • T. c. verbeeki (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Papua - Milne Bay)
  • T. c. misolensis Rothschild, 1916 (Misool)
  • T. c. occidentalis Rothschild, 1916 (West Irian - Geelvink Bay)
  • T. c. acontius (Brooks, 1944) (West Irian - South Geelvink Bay - Etna Bay)
  • T. c. interfaunus Rothschild, 1916 (West Irian - Humboldt Bay)

References
  1. Staudinger, 1894 Ueber neu entdeckte Lepidopteren aus Deutsch Neu-Guinea Dt. ent. Z. Iris 6 (2): 350-368, pl. 6-7 (1894)
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Taenaris at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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