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Faunis Hübner, [1819]

Fauns
Faunis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 55, TS: Papilio eumeus Drury
Clerome Westwood, [1850]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 54, f. 5, TS: Papilio arcesilaus Fabricius
Clerome Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 333
Faunis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Faunis (Faunini) ; [MRS]
Faunis (Amathusiini) ; [BMP]; [Wahlberg]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 1

Larva on Musa, Smilax, Pandanus [BMP]

Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890)

-. See [About maps] aerope (Leech, 1890); Entomologist 23 : 31
Faunis aerope, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Faunis aerope ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 192, f. 9-10]; [BOR, 494]; [MRS, 303]

Larva on Smilax china, Musa spp., Pandanus spp. [MRS]

F. a. aerope

Sichuan Faunis aerope aerope ; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 90

F. a. excelsa (Fruhstorfer, 1901)

NE.Indo China, Hainan? Clerome aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1901; Soc. Ent. 16 (13): 97, TL: Than-Moi, N.Tonkin
Faunis aerope excelsa, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Faunis aerope excelsa ; [MRS, 303]; [BOR, 494]; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 90

F. a. masseyeffi Brooks, 1949

S.Vietnam (Chapa), Cochin-China Faunis aerope masseyeffi ; [BOR, 494]; Huang, 2001, Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 90

F. a. longpoensis Huang, 2001

SE.Tibet Faunis aerope longpoensis Huang, 2001; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 90, pl. 6, f. 46, TL: Longpo, Nujiang Valley, SE.Tibet

Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787)

Siam, Assam, Malaysia, Java. See [About maps] Common Faun
Papilio arcesilaus Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 28, no. 305
Faunis arcesilaus ; [BOW: pl. 137, f. 11]

Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)

Assam (Khasia-Jaintia Hills). See [About maps] assama (Westwood, 1858); Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 4 (6): 184
Faunis assama ; [BOR, 492]
Faunis assamus ;

Faunis canens Hübner, [1826]

-. See [About maps] Faunis canens Hübner, [1826]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [82], f. 3-4
Faunis canens ; [EBW]; [BOR, 490]

600x400 (~40Kb) underside India: Assam, Guwahati, December 2004, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

F. c. canens

Java, Bali ?cyme Fruhstorfer
Faunis canens canens ; [BOR, 490]

F. c. arcesilas Stichel, 1933

Sikkim - Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, S.Yunnan, Langkawi, Sumatra Common Faun
Faunis arcesilas Stichel, 1933; in Strand, Lep. Cat. 27 (54): 73
Faunis taraki Pendlebury, 1933; J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17 (2): 389
Faunis canens arcesilas, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Faunis canens arcesilas ; [BMP: 138, pl. 18, f. 13-14]
Faunis taraki ; [EBW, (name only)]
Faunis canens arcesilas ; [BOR, 490]

983x823 (~308Kb) underside Thailand, Phuket, a secondary forest in the valley of a rivulet flowing to the western coast between Ban Naithon and Ban Layan. 26th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

F. c. borneensis Fruhstorfer²

Borneo, Natuna Is. Faunis canens borneensis ; [BOR, 490]

F. c. pallidior Hagan²

Mentawai Is. Faunis canens pallidior ; [BOR, 490]

F. c. samadhi Fruhstorfer, 1906

Batu I. Faunis arcesilaus samadhi Fruhstorfer, 1906; Ent Zs. 20 (15): 98, TL: Batu I.
Faunis arcesilaus samadhi Fruhstorfer, 1906; Ent. Zs. 20 (21): 146, TL: Batu I.
Faunis canens samadhi; [BOR, 490]

F. c. niasana (Fruhstorfer, 1899)

Nias Clerome arcesilaus niasana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2) : 50, TL: Nias
Faunis canens niasana ; [BOR, 490]

Faunis eumeus (Drury, [1773])

Assam - Shan States, Burma. See [About maps] Large Faun
Papilio eumeus Drury, [1773]; Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1: index, : 4, pl. 2, f. 3
Faunis eumeus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Faunis eumeus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 192, f. 11]; [BOR, 492]; [MRS, 303]

Larva on Smilax spp., Smilax lanceifolia, S. china, Phoenix hanceana [MRS]

F. e. eumeus

S.China, Hong Kong Faunis eumeus eumeus ; [BOR, 492]

F. e. incerta (Staudinger, [1887])

Burma - Indo China, S.Yunnan Faunis eumeus incerta, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Faunis eumeus incerta ; [BOR, 492]

Faunis kirata (de Nicéville, 1891)

Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Clerome kirata de Nicéville, 1891; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 344, pl. F, f. 3, TL: Padang Rangas, Perak; Borneo
Faunis kirata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Faunis kirata ; [BMP: 138, pl. 18, f. 12]; [BOW: pl. 138, f. 1]; [BOR, 490]

Faunis menado (Hewitson, 1863)

Celebes. See [About maps] menado (Hewitson, 1863); Ill. exot. Butts 3: ? [?1865]
Faunis menado, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Faunis menado ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 138, f. 2]; [BOR, 492]

F. m. menado

N.Sulawesi Faunis menado menado ; [BOR, 492]

F. m. pleonasma Röber²

E.Sulawesi (Tombugo) Faunis menado pleonasma ; [BOR, 492]

F. m. chitone Hewitson²

S.Sulawesi ?fruhstorferi Röber
Faunis menado chitone ; [BOR, 492]

F. m. intermedia Röber²

Banggai Faunis menado intermedia ; [BOR, 492]

F. m. syllus Fruhstorfer²

Sanghie Faunis menado syllus ; [BOR, 492]

F. m. sulana (Fruhstorfer, 1899)

Sula Mangoli Clerome menado sulana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2) : 49, TL: Sula-Mangoli
Faunis menado sulana ; [BOR, 492]

Faunis phaon Erichson, 1834

Philippines. See [About maps] Faunis phaon Erichson, 1834; Nova Acta Leop. Carol. 16 (Suppl. 1): 401 (?)
Faunis phaon ; [BOW: pl. 138, f. 3]; [BOR, 490]

F. p. phaon

Philippines (N.Luzon) Faunis phaon phaon ; [BOR, 490]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 1, pl. 1, f. 1-4

F. p. pan Schroeder & Treadaway, 2003

Philippines (S.Luzon) Faunis phaon pan Schroeder & Treadaway, 2003; , TL: S.Luzon
Faunis phaon pan ; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 1, 5-7

F. p. carfinia Fruhstorfer, 1911

Philippines (Guimaras, Panay, Negros, Masbare) Faunis phaon carfinia Fruhstorfer, 1911; , TL: Guimaras, Baluarte
Faunis phaon carfinia ; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 1, f. 8-12

F. p. leucis (C. & R. Felder, 1861)

Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan) Clerome leucis C. & R. Felder, 1861; Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (10) : 304, TL: Mindanao
Faunis leucis ; [EBW, (name only)]; [BOR, 492]
Faunis phaon leucis ; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 2, f. 1-7

F. p. lurida (C. & R. Felder, 1867)

Philippines (Mindoro) phaon lurida (C. & R. Felder, 1867); , TL: Mindoro
Faunis phaon lurida ; [BOR, 492]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 2, f. 8-11

F. p. sibuyanensis Aoki & Uémura, 1982

Philippines (Sibuyan, Romblon Group) Faunis phaon sibuyanensis Aoki & Uémura, 1982; Butts SE Asian Islands, 3: (?), TL: Sibyan
Faunis phaon sibuyanensis ; [BOR, 492]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 2, f. 12, pl. 3, f. 1-2

?F. p. ikonion Fruhstorfer²

Philippines ?Faunis phaon ikonion ; [BOR, 492]

Faunis sappho (Semper, 1878)

-. See [About maps] Clerome sappho Semper, 1878; Verh. Ver. Nat. Unterh. Hamburg 3 : 108, TL: Bohol
Faunis sappho ; [BOR, 492]

F. s. sappho

Philippines (Bohol) Faunis sappho sappho ; [BOR, 492]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 3, f. 7-10

F. s. kleis (Semper, 1878)

Philippines (Samar, Panaon, Camotes, Siargao) Clerome kleis Semper, 1878; Verh. Ver. Nat. Unterh. Hamburg 3 : 109, TL: Camotes
Faunis sappho kleis ; [BOR, 492]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 4, f. 4-12, pl. 5, f. 1-2

F. s. ameinokleia Fruhstorfer, 1911

Philippines (Camiguin de Mindanao) Faunis sappho ameinokleia Fruhstorfer, 1911; , TL: Camiguin de Mindanao
Faunis sappho ameinokleia ; [BOR, 492]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 3, f. 11-12

F. s. dinagatensis Aoki & Uémura, 1982

Philippines (Dinagar) Faunis sappho dinagatensis Aoki & Uémura, 1982; Butts SE Asian Islands, 3: (?), TL: Dinagar
Faunis sappho dinagatensis ; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 4, f. 1-3

Faunis stomphax (Westwood, 1858)

Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] stomphax (Westwood, 1858); Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 4 (6): 186, pl. 21, f. 3-4
Faunis stomphax ; [BOW: pl. 138, f. 4]; [BOR, 490]

F. s. stomphax

Borneo Faunis stomphax stomphax ; [BOR, 490]

F. s. plateni (Staudinger, 1889)

Philippines (Palawan, Dumaran, Balabac) stomphax plateni (Staudinger, 1889); , TL: Palawan
Faunis stomphax plateni ; [BOR, 490]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 3, f. 3-6

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Kedar Tokekar]

India

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Aoki & Uémura, 1982

Butterflies of the South East Asian islands. III. Satyridae, Libytheidae Butts SE Asian Islands, 3: 500pp

Butler, 1867

Description of new or little-known Species of Asiatic Lepidoptera Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20 (120) : 399-404, pl. 8-9

de Nicéville, 1891

On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G

Westwood, [1850]; Westwood, [1851]

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

Drury, [1773]

Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Illust. Nat. Hist. Exot. Insects 1 : 1-130, pl. 1-50 (1770), (1773)

C. & R. Felder, 1861

Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (1) Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (10) : 297-306

Fruhstorfer, 1899

Neue asiatische Lepidopteren Berl. ent. Zs. 44 (1/2) : 49-64 (mid July)

Fruhstorfer, 1901

Neue Schmetterlinge aus Tonkin Soc. Ent. 16 (13): 97-99 (1 October), (14): 105-107 (15 October), (15): 113-114 (1 November)

Fruhstorfer, 1906

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Rhopaloceren der Batu-Inseln an der S.-W.-Küste von Sumatra Ent Zs. 20 (15): 98-99 (15 July), (16): 105-106 (22 July)

Fruhstorfer, 1906

Neue Schmetterlinge von den Batu-Inseln Ent. Zs. 20 (18): 121-122 (8 August), (19): 131-132 (15 August), (21): 145-146 (1 September)

Hewitson, 1863

Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (1862-1865) Ill. exot. Butts 3 (41): [79-82],[105-106], pl. [40-41],[53] (1862), (42): [59-60],[83-84],[107-108], pl. [30],[42],[54] (1862), (43): [69-70],[73-74],[85-86], pl. [35],[37],[43] (1862), (44): [7-8],[67-68],[97-98], pl. [4],[34],[49] (1862), (45): [29-30],[65-66] (1863), (46): [61-62],[75-78],[101-102], pl. [31],[38-39],[51] (1863), (47): [13-14],[99-100],[115-116], pl. [7],[50],[58] (1863), (48): [63-64],[71-72],[117-118], pl. [32],[36],[59] (1863), (49): [1-2],[17-18],[27-28], pl. [1],[9],[14] (1864), (50): [19-24], pl. [10-12] (1864), (51): [25-26],[33-34],[55-56], pl. [13],[17],[28] (1864), (52): [41-42],[87-90], pl. [21],[44-45] (1864), (53): [3-4],[31-32],[43-46], pl. [2],[16],[22-23] (1865), (54): [5-6],[35-36], pl. [3],[18] (1865), (55): [15-16],[109-112], pl. [8],[55-56] (1865), (56): [37-38],[45-46],[95-96], pl. [19],[23],[48] (1865), (57): [49-50],[91-92],[103-104],[119-120], pl. [25],[46],[52],[60] (1866), (58): [51-52],[57-58], pl. [26],[29] (1866), (59): [9-10],[39-40],[93-94], pl. [5],[20],[47] (1866), (60): [11-12],[53-54],[113-114],[121-124], pl. [6],[27],[57] (1866), : iv

Huang, 2001

Report of H. Huang's 2000 Expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 51: 65-152

Hübner, [1826]

Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 2 ([1819] - [1827]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 2 : pl. [90], [180], [223] (1819), : pl. [2], [12], [16], [78], [141], [182] (1820), : pl. [11], [13], [24], [77], [83], [97], [102-103], [108-109], [116-117], [122], [147], [150], [164], [183], [195], [197], [212-214] (1821), : pl. [14], [18-19], [26], [38-39], [43], [68], [70-71], [74], [84], [86], [92], [94-95], [106], [114], [121], [161], [169], [174], [177-178], [184], [194], [200], [204-205], [207-208], [210] (1821), : pl. [33], [72], [76], [115], [131], [138-139], [153], [198], [211], [218], [220] (1822), : pl. [32], [75], [81], [93], [105], [129] (1822), : pl. [1], [6], [22-23], [25], [27], [29-31], [34-37], [40-42], [48], [50-53], [56], [58-59], [64-66], [69], [73], [87], [89], [91], [96], [98-101], [110], [124], [128], [130], [132-137], [142], [155-158], [160], [162-163], [165-167], [170-173], [175-176], [187-188], [196], [199], [201-202], [206], [215-216], [219], [222], [224] (1823), : pl. [54], [118], [143], [149], [159] [179], [181], [185], [203], [217] (1824), : pl. [3-5], [8-10], [15], [20], [45], [49], [55], [60], [62-63], [67], [79-80], [88], [104], [111-113], [120], [125], [127], [140], [144-146], [148], [151-152], [154], [168], [189-193], [221], [225] (1825), : pl. [7], [17], [21], [28], [44], [46-47], [57], [61], [82], [123], [126] (1826), : pl. [85], [119], [186], [209] (1827), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1827-1832)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Leech, 1890

New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1

Pendlebury, 1933

Notes and new Records of Butterflies from the Malay Peninsula J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 17 (2): 377-401

Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005

Nymphalidae IX, Amathusiini of the Philippine Islands Butterflies of the world, 20: 8pp, 24pls

Semper, 1878

Diagnosen einiger neur Tagfalter von den Philippinen Verh. Ver. Nat. Unterh. Hamburg 3 : 106-116

Westwood, 1858

On the Oriental Species of Butterflies related to the Genus Morpho Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 4 (5): 158-160 (1857), (6): 161-189

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