Terinos terpander

Terinos terpander, the royal Assyrian, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Terinos terpander
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Terinos
Species:
T. terpander
Binomial name
Terinos terpander
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terinos robertsia Butler, 1867
  • Terinos teos de Nicéville, 1893
  • Terinos robertsia niasica Fruhstorfer, 1901
  • Terinos piepersi Martin, 1909

Subspecies

  • T. t. terpander (Borneo, Malaysia)
  • T. t. robertsia (Butler, 1867) (Burma - Singapore)
  • T. t. blachieri Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Indochina)
  • T. t. intermedia Godfrey, 1916 (Vietnam)
  • T. t. tiomanensis Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur)
  • T. t. teos de Nicéville, 1893 (Sumatra)
  • T. t. niasica Fruhstorfer, 1901 (Nias)
  • T. t. natunensis Fruhstorfer, 1901 (Natuna Island)
  • T. t. bangkanensis Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bangka Island)
  • T. t. piepersi Martin, 1909 (Java)

Biology

The larva on feeds on Rinorea anguifera.

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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