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]

Terinos terpander
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Terinos
Species:
T. terpander
Binomial name
Terinos terpander
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Terinos robertsia Butler, 1867
  • Terinos teos de Nicéville, 1893
  • Terinos robertsia niasica Fruhstorfer, 1901
  • Terinos piepersi Martin, 1909
T. t. robertsia depicted on a postage stamp

Subspecies

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  • 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

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The larva on feeds on Rinorea anguifera.

References

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  1. ^ Hewitson, 1862 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson [4]
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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  • Terinos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms