''Faunis assama'', the Assam faun,
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterfly family.
This butterfly was earlier considered to be a subspecies of the large faun (''
Faunis eumeus'' (
Drury, 1773)).
Distribution
The Assam faun ranges from the
Khasi and Jaintia Hills of
Meghalaya
Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...
to northern
Myanmar
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.
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.
[ (under ''Clerome assama'').]
Status
The species is considered rare.
See also
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List of butterflies of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.
India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, i ...
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List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
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List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
Cited references
References
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Faunis
Butterflies of Asia
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