Faunis excelsa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Morphinae
Tribus: Amathusiini
Genus: Faunis
Species: Faunis excelsa
Subspecies: F. e. excelsa – F. e. montana

Name

Faunis excelsa (Fruhstorfer, 1901)

Type locality: Vietnam, N. Vietnam, Tonkin, Than Moi.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. B.M. Type No. Rh. 15118. BMNH # 141389

Synonymy

• Clerome aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1901: 97 (original combination)

References

Additional references

• Monastyrskii, A.L. 2004. Infraspecific variation in Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890) and the description of a new subspecies from Central Vietnam. Atalanta 36(1-2): 37–44. full article (pdf). Reference page. 
• Nakamura, N., Wakahara, H. & Miyamoto, T. 2010. Notes on the butterflies of Laos (V): description of a new subspecies of Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Morphinae) from a montane area of Central Laos. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 60(4): 277–284. Reference page.