Biology:Ariadne (genus)
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| Genus: | Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]
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Ariadne is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, commonly called castors, found from Sub-Saharan Africa to South-East Asia.[1] The genus was named after Ariadne the daughter of Minos, king of Crete.
Species
Listed alphabetically:[1]
- Ariadne actisanes (Hewitson, 1875)
- Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
- Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763) – angled castor (India, China, Ceylon, Indonesia, Vietnam)
- Ariadne celebensis Holland, 1898
- Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, [1779]) – African castor
- Ariadne isaeus (Wallace, 1869) – lesser angled castor
- Ariadne merione (Cramer, [1777]) – common castor (Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam)
- Ariadne merionoides (Holland, 1891)
- Ariadne obscura (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
- Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904) – Pagenstecher's castor (Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Zaire, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Ariadne personata (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
- Ariadne specularia (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Cambodia, Vietnam)
- Ariadne taeniata (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Indonesia)
- Ariadne timora (Wallace, 1869) (Timor)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
- Images representing Ariadne at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images representing Ariadne at Encyclopedia of Life
Wikidata ☰ Q589790 entry
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