Taenaris phorcas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Taenaris |
Species: | T. phorcas
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Binomial name | |
Taenaris phorcas (Westwood, 1851)
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Taenaris phorcas is a butterfly of the subfamily Morphinae in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2]
Subspecies include:[3]
This species can be found in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago.[3][4][5]
The upperside of the wings contains large white blotches, with broad brown edges and a wide eyespot surrounded with yellow orange located in the white area of the hindwings. The underside of the hindwings shows an outer angle completely brown and a wide patch with two large black eyespots surrounded with yellow orange. The abdomen is brown.[5][6][7]