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Taenaris
Sign in to saveTaenaris is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Amathusiinae, that distributed throughout Australasia with a majority of species being located on the island of New Guinea. They are commonly known as the owl butterflies.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
眼環蝶屬（學名：Taenaris）是閃蝶亞科環蝶族中的一個屬，分佈於東南亞至澳大利亞一帶，主要在新畿內亞和周圍島嶼。翅膀以白色或灰白色為主，臀角淡黃色，配上明顯的眼斑。寄主植物為蘇鐵。眼環蝶屬的物種被其他蝴蝶擬態（貝氏擬態），包括狼環蝶屬（Hyantis）、眉眼蝶屬（Mycalesis）、慧眼蝶屬（Hypocysta）、鋸眼蝶屬（Elymnias）及斑蛺蝶屬（Hypolimnas）。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 192
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, CSIRO
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea
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- Amathusiini
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Taenaris is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Amathusiinae, that distributed throughout Australasia with a majority of species being located on the island of New Guinea. They are commonly known as the owl butterflies.
Taenaris are showy medium to large butterflies with predominantly white wings often featuring extensive patches of black, gray, or tan coloration. They are best known for their rounded hindwings which feature well developed eyespots, most of which are yellow in color with blue-black "pupils". Due to their larval diet consisting of toxic cycasin-rich foodplants, many members of genus are involved within Müllerian mimicry complexes.
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