Faunis kirata

Faunis kirata, the broad striped faun, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891. It is found in Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Faunis kirata
Figure 3 in de Nicéville's 1891 "On New and Little-Known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Faunis
Species:
F. kirata
Binomial name
Faunis kirata
Synonyms
  • Clerome kirata de Nicéville, 1891

References
  1. de Nicéville L., 1891 "On New and Little-Known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region" Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  • Faunis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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