''Terinos terpander'', the royal Assyrian, is a

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 described by

William Chapman Hewitson William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies ...

in 1862. It is found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

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

Subspecies

*''T. t. terpander'' (Borneo, Malaysia) *''T. t. robertsia'' (Butler, 1867) (Burma - Singapore) *''T. t. blachieri'' Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Indochina) *''T. t. intermedia'' Godfrey, 1916 (Vietnam) *''T. t. tiomanensis'' Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur) *''T. t. teos'' de Nicéville, 1893 (Sumatra) *''T. t. niasica'' Fruhstorfer, 1901 (Nias) *''T. t. natunensis'' Fruhstorfer, 1901 (Natuna Island) *''T. t. bangkanensis'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Bangka Island) *''T. t. piepersi'' Martin, 1909 (Java)

Biology

The larva on feeds on ''

Rinorea ''Rinorea'' is a genus of plant in family Violaceae. Species include: * '' Rinorea abbreviata'' G. Achoundong & J.J. Bos * '' Rinorea acommanthera'' Gagnep. * '' Rinorea antioquiensis'' Smith & Fernández * '' Rinorea bicornuta'' Hekking * '' R ...

anguifera''.

References

External links

''Terinos''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Terinos Butterflies described in 1862 {{Nymphalidae-stub