Terinos taxiles

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

Terinos taxiles
Terinos taxiles abisares in Adalbert Seitz's Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Terinos
Species:
T. taxiles
Binomial name
Terinos taxiles
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terinos abisares C. & R. Felder, [1867]

Subspecies
  • T. t. taxiles (Celebes, Bachan)
  • T. t. abisares C. & R. Felder, [1867] (Celebes)
  • T. t. poros Fruhstorfer, 1906 (South Sulawesi)
  • T. t. helleri Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Waigeu)
  • T. t. amplior Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Halmahera)
  • T. t. banggaiensis Detani, 1983 (Banggai)
  • T. t. angurium Tsukada, 1985 (Sula: Sanana)

Biology

The larva on feeds on Rinorea.

References
  1. Hewitson, 1862 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson [4]
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Terinos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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