Taenaris dimona

Taenaris dimona is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Australasian realm.[2]

Taenaris dimona
Taenaris dimona in Hewitson Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Taenaris
Species:
T. dimona
Binomial name
Taenaris dimona
(Hewitson, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Drusilla dimona Hewitson, 1862
  • Tenaris dimona desdemona Staudinger, 1888
  • Tenaris dinora Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
  • Tenaris microps Grose-Smith, 1894

Subspecies
  • T. d. dimona (Serang, Ambon)
  • T. d. dinora Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896 (New Guinea)
  • T. d. sorronga Fruhstorfer, 1905 (New Guinea: Sorong)
  • T. d. offaka Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Waigeu)
  • T. d. dimonata Stichel, 1906 (Salawati)
  • T. d. didorus Brooks, 1944 (Misool)
  • T. d. aruensis Brooks, 1944 (Aru)
  • T. d. anna Fruhstorfer, 1915 (New Guinea: Arfak)
  • T. d. kapaura Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Onin Peninsula to Geelvink Bay)
  • T. d. zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914 (New Guinea: Snow Mountains)
  • T. d. microps Grose-Smith, 1894 (New Guinea: Humboldt Bay)
  • T. d. areia Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Astrolabe Bay to Finschhaffen)
  • T. d. thaema Fruhstorfer, 1915 (Huon Peninsula)
  • T. d. sophaineta Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Yule Island)

References
  1. Hewitson, 1862 Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Ill. exot. Butts [4]
  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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