''Taenaris artemis '' is a species of

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...

. It was first described by

Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven Samuel Constant Snellen van Vollenhoven (18 October 1816, Rotterdam – 22 March 1880) was a Dutch entomologist. He is not to be confused with Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen another entomologist from Rotterdam. He was curator of the entomologic ...

in 1860. It is found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ...

Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9

Subspecies

*''T. a. artemis'' (West Irian, Mioswar Island) *''T. a. jamesi '' Butler, 877 (Papua, Yule Island, Darnley Island) *''T. a. staudingeri '' (Honrath, 1889) (New Guinea) *''T. a. gisela '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Waigeu) *''T. a. celsa'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Salawati) *''T. a. ziada '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Misool) *''T. a. myopina '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Aru) *''T. a. zenada'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (New Guinea: Onin Peninsula to Geelvink Bay, Kapaur) *''T. a. blandina '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Jobi Island) *''T. a. humboldti '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Humboldt Bay) *''T. a. electra '' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Fergusson, Goodenough, Normanby) *''T. a. tineutus'' Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Woodlark Island) *''T. a. reducta'' Rothschild, 1915 (Vulcan Island, Manam Island) *''T. a. queenslandica '' Rothschild, 1916 (northern Queensland: Cape York) *''T. a. madu '' Brooks, 1944 (Biak) *''T. a. pedus'' Brooks, 1944 (Gebe Island) *''T. a. zetes'' Brooks, 1944 (Murray Island) *''T. a. affinis '' Kirby, 1889 (Rossel Island, Yela Island) *''T. a. melanops'' Grose-Smith, 1897 (Sud Est, New Guinea, Tagula Island)

References

External links

''Taenaris''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Taenaris Butterflies described in 1860 Butterflies of Oceania Taxa named by Samuel Constantinus Snellen van Vollenhoven {{nymphalidae-stub