Taenaris myops

Taenaris myops
Taenaris myops wahnesi. Mounted specimen, underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Taenaris
Species:	T. myops
Binomial name
Taenaris myops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
Drusilla myops C. & R. Felder, 1860 Tenaris myops Drusilla kirschi Staudinger, 1887 Taenaris rothschildi parallellus Rothschild, 1916 Taenaris rothschildi maneta Hulstaert, 1923 Tenaris rothschildi Grose-Smith, 1894 Taenaris wahnesi subquadriocellata Strand, 1911

Taenaris myops is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Subspecies

• Taenaris myops myops - Aru
• Taenaris myops kirschii (Staudinger, 1887) - SE.New Guinea, E.Papua, SE.Papua, Yule I.
• Taenaris myops praxedes Fruhstorfer, 1904 - Salawati
• Taenaris myops parallelus Rothschild, 1916 - Misool, Waigeu
• Taenaris myops merana Fruhstorfer, 1904 - NW.West Irian
• Taenaris myops maneta Hulstaert, 1923 - S.West Irian (Merauke)
• Taenaris myops vanhaasterti Hulstaert, 1925 - SE.West Irian
• Taenaris myops ansuna Fruhstorfer, 1904 - Jobi I.
• Taenaris myops phrixus Brooks, 1950 - West Irian (Dore Bay)
• Taenaris myops rothschildi Grose-Smith, 1894 - Humboldt Bay
• Taenaris myops wahnesi Heller, 1894 - N.New Guinea (coast)
• Taenaris myops miscus Fruhstorfer, 1905 - Normanby, Goodenough I.
• Taenaris myops fergussonia Fruhstorfer, 1904 - Fergusson, Trobriand, Woodlark I.

Description

Taenaris myops has a wingspan of about 80–90 millimetres (3.1–3.5 in). Wings are fuliginous grey. Upperside of each hindwing has one ocellated spot, while undersides of each hinding show two large bright eyepots, of which the centre is blackish with a small white central eye, surrounded with a pale fulvous ring.^[2]

Distribution

This species can be found in New Guinea.^[1]

References

1. Taenaris at funet.fi
2. Novitates zoologicae

External links

• PNG Nature