Mycalesis terminus

Mycalesis terminus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mycalesis
Species:
M. terminus
Binomial name
Mycalesis terminus
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio terminus Fabricius, 1775
  • Mycalesis tira Gaede, 1931
  • Papilio remulia Cramer, [1779]
  • Mycalesis terminus kyllenion Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Mycalesis matho Grose-Smith, 1894

Mycalesis terminus, the orange bushbrown, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).[2]

Subspecies

  • Mycalesis terminus terminus (Cape York to Yeppoon)
  • Mycalesis terminus remulia (Cramer, [1779]) (Ambon, Serang, Obi)
  • Mycalesis terminus wakolo Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Buru)
  • Mycalesis terminus pseudasophis Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Bachan)
  • Mycalesis terminus anteros Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Halmahera)
  • Mycalesis terminus ternatensis Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Ternate)
  • Mycalesis terminus atropates Fruhstorfer, 1908 (West Irian: Dore Bay)
  • Mycalesis terminus terminulus Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Waigeu)
  • Mycalesis terminus flagrans Butler, 1876 (Papua New Guinea)
  • Mycalesis terminus matho Grose-Smith, 1894 (Bismarck Archipelago)

References

  1. ^ "Mycalesis Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Australian Faunal Directory


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