Faunis assama

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

Faunis assama, the Assam faun,^[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family.

This butterfly was earlier considered to be a subspecies of the large faun (Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773)).^[2]

Distribution

The Assam faun ranges from the Khasi and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya to northern Myanmar.^[1]

Description

The species 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 forewing; the female is more ochraceous brown than maroon, with a preapical bright ochraceous oblique band on the forewing, 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

The species is considered rare.^[2]

Cited references

^ ^a ^b "Faunis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 131.
^ Bingham, C.T. (1905). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma Butterflies. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. (under Clerome assama).

References

Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

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[Savela-1] "Faunis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[Evans-2] Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 131.

[3] Bingham, C.T. (1905). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma Butterflies. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. (under Clerome assama).

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