Tanaecia calliphorus

Tanaecia calliphorus is an Indomalayan butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is endemic to the Philippines.[1]

Tanaecia calliphorus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Tanaecia
Species:
T. calliphorus
Binomial name
Tanaecia calliphorus
(C. & R. Felder, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Adolias calliphorus C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Tanaecia calliphorus mindorana Fruhstorfer, 1904
  • Adolias locbania Boisduval, 1861

Subspecies
  • T. c. calliphorus (Philippines: Luzon, Polillo, Babuyanes)
  • T. c. smaragdifera Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Philippines: Mindoro)
  • T. c. volupia Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1981 (Philippines: Camiguin)

References
  1. "Tanaecia Butler, [1869]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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