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Taxonomy of Genus Taenaris Hübner, 1819


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyNymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies
1533
72196
Genera
Species
SubfamilySatyrinae
Boisduval, 1833
Brown Butterflies, Browns, Graylings, Heaths, Ringlets
370
17636
Genera
Species
TribeAmathusiini
Moore, 1894
22
1398
Genera
Species
GenusTaenaris
Hübner, 1819
576Species
Subnodes of Taenaris Hübner, 1819
SpeciesTaenaris abdon Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris aberrans Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris acontius Brooks, 1944
2Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris acosmeta Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris adamsi Lathy, 1909
SpeciesTaenaris admiralitatis Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris adriana Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris aesculapus Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris affinis Kirby, 1889
SpeciesTaenaris agapetha Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris agasta Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris agrippa Fruhstorfer, 1903
SpeciesTaenaris agrippina Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris albicans Hagen, 1897
SpeciesTaenaris albius Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris alocus Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris ambigua Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris amitaba Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris anableps Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1860
SpeciesTaenaris anella Stichel, 1906
2Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris anna Fruhstorfer, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris annella Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris ansuna Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris appina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris areia Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris arfakia Strand, 1917
SpeciesTaenaris aroana Fruhstorfer, 1901
SpeciesTaenaris artemides Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris artemis Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1860
Pearl Owl
41Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris aruensis Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris atesta Rebel, 1895
SpeciesTaenaris attina Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris auriflua Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris automola Kirsch, 1877
SpeciesTaenaris avarea Fruhstorfer, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris barbata Kirby, 1889
SpeciesTaenaris bioculata Guérin-Méneville, 1830
9Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris bioculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1830
10Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris birchi Distant, 1883
SpeciesTaenaris bisae Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris blandina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris bougainvilleana Strand, 1914
SpeciesTaenaris buruensis Forbes, 1883
SpeciesTaenaris butleri Oberthür, 1880
SpeciesTaenaris camaronensis Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris candida Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris cassiae Clerck, 1764
SpeciesTaenaris catanea Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris catops Westwood, 1851
Silky Owl
38Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris celsa Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris charon Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris charondas Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris charonides Staudinger, 1894
1Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris chionides Godman & Salvin, 1880
7Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris colarima Van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris concolor Hulstaert, 1925
SpeciesTaenaris convergens Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris crus Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris cyclopides Fruhstorfer, 1910
SpeciesTaenaris cyclops Staudinger, 1893
9Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris dampierensis Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris danalis Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris delunata Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris desdemona Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris diadema Fruhstorfer, 1903
SpeciesTaenaris diana Butler, 1870
7Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris didorus Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris digulica Hulstaert, 1925
SpeciesTaenaris dimona Hewitson, 1862
17Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris dimonata Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris dina Staudinger, 1894
3Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris dinadina
SpeciesTaenaris dinora Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
SpeciesTaenaris dionus Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris diops Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863
SpeciesTaenaris dioptrica Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1860
11Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris dohertyi Grose-Smith, 1894
SpeciesTaenaris domitilla Hewitson, 1861
4Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris druentia Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris dubia
SpeciesTaenaris duplex Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris elatus Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris electra Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris eleusina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris enomia Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris eos Heller, 1894
SpeciesTaenaris errhephoria Fruhstorfer, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris errhiphoria Fruhstorfer, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris eugenia Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris falcata Staudinger, 0
SpeciesTaenaris farona Fruhstorfer, 1912
SpeciesTaenaris ferdinandi Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris fergussonia Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris fimbriata Kirby, 1889
SpeciesTaenaris flavipalpis Fruhstorfer, 1893  ⇒ Taenaris schoenbergi
SpeciesTaenaris fulvida Butler, 1870
SpeciesTaenaris galaecia
SpeciesTaenaris gebiensis Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris gemmata Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris gigas Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris gisela Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris gorgias Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris gorgo Kirsch, 1877
11Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris gorgophone Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris grisescens Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris hadina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris helice Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris hollandi Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris honrathi Staudinger, 1886
9Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris horsfieldi Swainson, 1820  ⇒ Taenaris horsfieldii
4Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris horsfieldii Swainson, 1820
7Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris hulstaerti Stichel, 1933
SpeciesTaenaris humboldti Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris hyaeus Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris hyginus Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris hyllus Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris hyperbola Kirsch, 1877
8Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris hyperbolus Kirsch, 1877
6Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris ida Honrath, 1889
SpeciesTaenaris indra Boisduval, 1832
SpeciesTaenaris infumata Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris insularis Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris interfaunus Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris intermedians Hulstaert, 1925
SpeciesTaenaris interrupta Strand, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris jaira Hübner, 1806
SpeciesTaenaris jairus Cramer, 1775 &, 1776
SpeciesTaenaris jamesi Butler, 1876  ⇒ Taenaris artemis
SpeciesTaenaris jathrippa Fruhstorfer, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris jobina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris kajuna Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris kapaura Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris kenricki Bethune-Baker, 1909
SpeciesTaenaris kirschi Staudinger, 1887
6Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris kubaryi Staudinger, 1893
SpeciesTaenaris kumusii Bakker, 1942
SpeciesTaenaris lacrimans Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris ladas Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris laius Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris laretta Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris leanas Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris leto Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris liana Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris licinia Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris limbata Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris littoralis Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris lucina Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris luna Stichel, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris macrophthalmus Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris macropina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris macrops Felder, 1860
Silky Owl
5Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris madu Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris mailua Grose-Smith, 1897
5Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris maneta Hulstaert, 1923
SpeciesTaenaris marinus Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesTaenaris meeki Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris melanops Grose-Smith, 1897
SpeciesTaenaris mera Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris merana Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris microps Grose-Smith, 1894
SpeciesTaenaris miscus Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris misolensis Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris monops Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris montana Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris morosa Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris mylaecha Westwood, 1851
SpeciesTaenaris mylaechoides Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris myopina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris myops Felder, 1860
One-Eyed Owl
18Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris nicasius Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris nigricans Hagen, 1897
SpeciesTaenaris nivescens Rothschild, 1896
SpeciesTaenaris nox Kirby, 1901
SpeciesTaenaris nysa Hübner, 1819  ⇒ Taenaris jairus
SpeciesTaenaris occidentalis Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris occulta Grose-Smith, 1889
SpeciesTaenaris oenone Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris offaka Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris onesimides Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris onesimus Butler, 1877
SpeciesTaenaris onesiporus Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris onolaus Kirsch, 1877
7Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris opulenta Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris orientalis Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris pallida Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris pallus Fruhstorfer, 1905
3Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris pamphaga Kirsch, 1877
SpeciesTaenaris pandemos Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris parallelus Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris pedius Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris pelagia Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris pellus Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris perplexus Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris philammon Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris phorcas Westwood, 1858
7Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris phrixus Brooks, 1950
SpeciesTaenaris plateni Staudinger, 1889
SpeciesTaenaris pleiops Kirsch, 1883
SpeciesTaenaris praxedes Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris prodiga Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris pseudodomitilla Bakker, 1942
SpeciesTaenaris pseudomacrops Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris psola Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris quadriocellata Strand, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris queenslandica Rothschild, 1916  ⇒ Taenaris artemis
SpeciesTaenaris rafaela Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris rebeli Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris reducta Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris rileyi Hulstaert, 1925
SpeciesTaenaris ritsemae Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris rosseli Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris rosseliana Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris rothschildi Grose-Smith, 1894
19Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris saturatior Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris schoenbergi Fruhstorfer, 1893
6Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris schonbergi Fruhstorfer, 1893
10Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris scylla Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris sekarensis Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris selene Westwood, 1851
5Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris selenides Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris senaria Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris shapur Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris sidus Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris simonetta Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris simplex Fruhstorfer, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris sophaineta Fruhstorfer, 1914
SpeciesTaenaris sordidior Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris sorronga Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris staudingeri Honrath, 1889
SpeciesTaenaris sticheli Fruhstorfer, 1901  ⇒ Taenaris artemis
SpeciesTaenaris subluna Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris submylaecha Rothschild, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris subquadriocellata Strand, 1911
SpeciesTaenaris superarvana Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris sura Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris tainia Fruhstorfer, 1905
2Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris tainides Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris ternatana Fruhstorfer, 1909
SpeciesTaenaris tetrica Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris thaema Fruhstorfer, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris theon Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris thyia Brooks, 1944
SpeciesTaenaris timesias Kirsch, 1877
SpeciesTaenaris timesides Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris tineutus Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris trita Stichel, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris turaica Hulstaert, 1925
SpeciesTaenaris turdula Fruhstorfer, 1914
SpeciesTaenaris umbonia Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris unipupillata Fruhstorfer, 1905
SpeciesTaenaris urania Linnaeus, 1758
6Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris uranus Staudinger, 1887
SpeciesTaenaris vaneeckei Hulstaert, 1923
SpeciesTaenaris vanhaasterti Hulstaert, 1925
SpeciesTaenaris vanheurni Bakker, 1942
SpeciesTaenaris verbeecki Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris versteego Van Eecke, 1915
SpeciesTaenaris vulcania Fruhstorfer, 1912
SpeciesTaenaris wahnesi Heller, 1894
SpeciesTaenaris wahnesitrioculatus Thiele, 1906
SpeciesTaenaris wandammensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916
SpeciesTaenaris wattina Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris westwoodi Staudinger, 1893
SpeciesTaenaris weylandensis Joicey & Talbot, 1922
SpeciesTaenaris wollastoni Fruhstorfer, 1893  ⇒ Taenaris schoenbergi
1Subspecies
SpeciesTaenaris yulei Bakker, 1942
SpeciesTaenaris zaitha Fruhstorfer, 1914
SpeciesTaenaris zenada Fruhstorfer, 1904
SpeciesTaenaris zetes Brooks, 1944  ⇒ Taenaris artemis
SpeciesTaenaris ziada Fruhstorfer, 1904

Synonyms
Drusilla (Swainson, 1820)
Elymniotenaris (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
Elymnotaenaris (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
Hiades (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Hyades (Boisduval, 1832)
Morphotenaris (Fruhstorfer, 1893)
Tenaris (Hübner, 1819)


Distribution of Taenaris Hübner, 1819
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U

Australia


Austria


Belarus


Belgium


Bhutan


Brazil
1 Species
Canada


Chile


China
1 Species
Colombia
1 Species
Costa Rica


Czech Republic


Ecuador
1 Species
Estonia


Fiji


Finland


France


Georgia


Germany


Iceland


India
2 Species
Indonesia
35 Species
Ireland


Kenya


Liberia


Malaysia


Mexico


Micronesia


Netherlands


Norway


Panama


Papua New Guinea


Philippines


Poland


Republic South Africa


Russia


Singapore


Solomon Islands


Spain


Sweden


Taiwan


Tanzania


Thailand


United Kingdom


USA
2 Species


Found in fossile formations
Sarka Formation


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