Species of butterfly
Terinos terpander , the royal Assyrian , is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae . It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in the Indomalayan realm .[ 2]
T. t. robertsia depicted on a postage stamp
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 anguifera .
References
^ Hewitson, 1862 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson [4]
^ Seitz, A. , 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
External links
Terinos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms