Tanaecia

For the plant genus, see Tanaecium.

Tanaecia is a genus of butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.

Tanaecia
Tanaecia iapis violetta male (Horsfield's baron) Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Adoliadini
Genus:	Tanaecia Butler, [1869]
Synonyms
Bucasia Moore, [1897] Haramba Moore, [1897] Passirona Moore, [1897] Saparona Moore, [1897] Passirona Moore, [1897] Saparona Moore, [1897] Felderia Semper, 1888 Cynitia Snellen, 1895

Species

The genus includes the following species:^[1]

• Tanaecia amisa Grose-Smith, 1889
• Tanaecia ampla Butler, 1901
• Tanaecia aruna (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
• Tanaecia borromeoi Schröder, 1977
• Tanaecia calliphorus (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
• Tanaecia cibaritis (Hewitson, 1874)
• Tanaecia clathrata (Vollenhoven, 1862)
• Tanaecia cocytus (Fabricius, 1787) - lavender count
• Tanaecia coelebs Corbet, 1941
• Tanaecia dodong Schröder & Treadaway, 1978
• Tanaecia elone de Nicéville, 1893
• Tanaecia flora Butler, 1873
• Tanaecia godartii (Gray, 1846)
• Tanaecia howarthii Jumalon, 1975
• Tanaecia iapis (Godard, 1824)
• Tanaecia jahnu (Moore, 1857) - plain earl
• Tanaecia julii (Lesson, 1837) - common earl
• Tanaecia lepidea (Butler, 1868) - grey count
• Tanaecia leucotaenia Semper, 1878
• Tanaecia lutala (Moore, 1859)
• Tanaecia munda Fruhstorfer, 1899
• Tanaecia orphne Butler, 1870
• Tanaecia palawana Staudinger, 1889
• Tanaecia palguna (Moore, 1858)
• Tanaecia pelea (Fabricius, 1787)
• Tanaecia susoni Jumalon, 1975
• Tanaecia trigerta (Moore, 1857)
• Tanaecia valmikis C. & R. Felder, 1867
• Tanaecia vikrama C. & R. Felder, 1867

References

1. "Tanaecia Butler, [1869]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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