Faunis assama

Assam Faun
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Faunis
Species: F. assama
Binomial name
Faunis assama
(Westwood, 1858)

Assam Faun, Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

This butterfly was earlier considered to be the assama subspecies of the Large Faun Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773).[2]

Distribution

The Assam Faun ranges from the Khasi and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya to North Myanmar.[1]

Description

Closely resembles Faunis eumeus but is larger; the ground-colour on the upperside in the male uniform ochraceous, without a preapical oblique band on the fore wing; the female is more ochraceous brown than maroon, with a preapical bright ochraceous oblique band on the fore wing, broader and more diffuse than in F. eumeus. Underside similar to the underside in F. eumeus, with the sinuous transverse dark lines and spots much as in that form, but the ground-colour is slightly darker and more uniform.[3]

Status

Rare.[2]

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Faunis genus.
  2. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, pg 131.
  3. ↑ Bingham, C. T. 1905. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol. 1. (Under Clerome assama)

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