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Faunis kirata

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Faunis kirata
Figure 3 in de Nicéville's 1891 "On New and Little-Known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region"
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Faunis
Species:
F. kirata
Binomial name
Faunis kirata
Synonyms
  • Clerome kirata de Nicéville, 1891

Faunis kirata, the broad striped faun, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1891. It is found in Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ de Nicéville L., 1891 "On New and Little-Known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region" Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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  • Faunis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms