Faunis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Morphinae
Tribus: Amathusiini
Genus: Faunis
Species (14): F. aerope – F. arcesilaus – F. assama – F. bicoloratus – F. caelestis – F. canens – F. eumeus – F. gracilis – F. indistincta – F. kirata – F. menado – F. phaon – F. saifuliana – F. sappho – F. stomphax
Name

Faunis Hübner, 1819

Type species: Papilio eumeus Drury, 1773 by subsequent designation by Hemming, 1933
Synonyms

Clerome Westwood, 1850

References
Additional references

Hanafusa, H. 1989d: Eleven new subspecies of Indonesian butterflies (Lep.: Papilionidae, Satyridae, Nymphalidae). Futao 3: 10–17. Reference page.
Hanafusa, H., 1990: Ten new subspecies of Indonesian butterflies (Lep. Papilionidae, Satyridae, Nymphalidae). Futao 4: 12–15.
Hanafusa, H. 1993. A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (2). Futao 12: 10–15. Reference page.
Kotaki, M., 1992: Some notes on butterflies from Indonesia and Philippines. Futao 9: 4–5.
Monastyrskii, A.L. 2004. Infraspecific variation in Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890) and the description of a new subspecies from Central Vietnam. Atalanta 36(1-2): 37–44. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Monastyrskii, A.L. & Vu, V.L. 2021. New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). Zootaxa 5048(4): 486–510. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.4.2. Paywall. Reference page.
Monastyrskii, A.L. ; Saito, K. & Y. Uemura, 2010: Two new taxa of the genus Faunis Hubner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Amathusiinae) from the Vietnamese Central Highlands. Butterfies (Teinopalpus) 56: 26–33.
Nakamura, N. , H. Wakahara & T. Miyamoto 2010: Notes on the butterflies of Laos (V) : description of a new subspecies of Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Morphinae) from a montane area of Central Laos. The Lepidopterological Society of Japan 60(4): 277–284. Abstract: [1].

Vernacular names
English: fauns, duffers

Faunis is a genus of Asian butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are among the butterflies commonly known as fauns. They are relatively small-sized amathusiins, subtly colored in soft browns and violets, and range from China to the Philippines and Sulawesi.

Larvae are found on Musa, Smilax, and Pandanus host plants.[1]

Many forms, whether species or subspecies, are restricted to islands and are probably vulnerable.[2]
Species list

Based on Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Years given are the actual publication dates where known.

Faunis Hübner, 1819 (= Clerome Westwood, 1850)
Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890)
Faunis aerope aerope (Leech, 1890)
Faunis aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1911
Faunis aerope masseyeffi Brooks, 1949
Faunis aerope longpoensis Huang, 2001
Faunis arcesilaus (Fabricius, 1787) originally Papilio arcesilaus Fabricius, 1787
Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)
Faunis canens Hübner, 1826
Faunis canens canens Hübner, 1826
Faunis canens arcesilas Stichel, 1933
Faunis canens borneensis Fruhstorfer
Faunis canens pallidior Hagan
Faunis canens samadhi Fruhstorfer
Faunis canens niasana Fruhstorfer
Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773) originally Papilio eumeus Drury, 1773
Faunis eumeus eumeus (Drury, 1773)
Faunis eumeus incerta Staudinger
Faunis gracilis (Butler, 1867) originally Clerome gracilis Butler, 1867
Faunis kirata (de Nicéville, 1891) originally Clerome kirata de Nicéville, 1891
Faunis menado (Hewitson, 1863)
Faunis menado menado (Hewitson, 1863)
Faunis menado pleonasma Röber
Faunis menado chitone Hewitson
Faunis menado intermedia Röber
Faunis menado syllus Fruhstorfer
Faunis menado suluana Fruhstorfer
Faunis phaon Erichson, 1834
Faunis phaon leucis (Felder & Felder, 1861)[3]
Faunis phaon phaon Erichson, 1834
Faunis phaon lurida Felder
Faunis phaon ikonion Fruhstorfer
Faunis phaon sibuyanensis Yamaguchi & Aoki
Faunis sappho Semper, 1878
Faunis sappho sappho Semper, 1878
Faunis sappho kleis Semper
Faunis sappho ameinokleia Fruhstorfer
Faunis stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
Faunis stomphax stomphax (Westwood, 1858)
Faunis stomphax plateni Staudinger

Faunis canens canens 1.jpg
References

Eliot (ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury. (1992). The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition, ISBN 983-9681-05-2.
Koh, L. P., Sodhi, N. S., & Brook, B. W. (2004). Co-extinctions of tropical butterflies and their hostplants. Biotropica, 36(2), 272-274.
Schroeder & Treadaway. (2005). Nymphalidae IX: Amathusiini of the Philippine Islands. Butterflies of the world, 20: 2, pl. 2, f. 1-7.