Taenaris catops: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Taenaris
- Species
- Taenaris catops
- Scientific Name
- Taenaris catops
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Taenaris catops
Taenaris catops, the silky owl, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in New Guinea and surrounding islands.
The wingspan is 75–95 mm.
The larvae feed on Cordyline terminalis, Musa species, Areca catechu, and Caryota rumphiana.
...Taenaris catops in languages:
- English
- Silky Owl
- Japanese
- ウスイロメダマチョウ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Taenaris arfakia
- Taenaris artemis
- Taenaris attina
- Taenaris bioculatus
- Taenaris butleri
- Taenaris catops
- Taenaris cyclops
- Taenaris diana
- Taenaris dimona
- Taenaris dioptrica
- Taenaris domitilla
- Taenaris gorgo
- Taenaris honrathi
- Taenaris horsfieldii
- Taenaris macrops
- Taenaris mailua
- Taenaris miscus
- Taenaris montana
- Taenaris myops
- Taenaris onolaus
- Taenaris phorcas
- Taenaris ritsemae
- Taenaris schoenbergi
- Taenaris scylla
- Taenaris selene
- Taenaris urania