Taenaris gorgo

Taenaris gorgo is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch in 1877. It is endemic to New Guinea in the Australasian realm [2]

Taenaris gorgo
Taenaris gorgo gorgophone in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Taenaris
Species:
T. gorgo
Binomial name
Taenaris gorgo
(Kirsch, 1877) [1]
Synonyms
  • Drusilla gorgo Kirsch, 1877

Subspecies
  • T. g. gorgo (New Guinea, Salawati Island, Sorong)
  • T. g. gorgophone Fruhstorfer, 1904 New Guinea (Humboldt Bay, Finschhafef)
  • T. g. danalis Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Waigeu)
  • T. g. mera Fruhstorfer, 1905 (New Guinea: Afrak, Wangaar River)
  • T. g. ucina Brooks, 1944 (New Guinea: Snow Mountains, Eilanden River)
  • T. g. yulei Bakker, 1942 (Papua: Aroa River)
  • T. g. gorgias Brooks, 1950 (New Guinea)

References
  1. Kirsch, 1877 Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren Fauna von Neu Guinea Mitt. zool. Mus. Dresden (2) : 103-134, pl. 5-7
  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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