Ariadne (butterfly)

Ariadne is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, commonly called castors, found from Sub-Saharan Africa to South-East Asia. It was erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1829.^[1] The genus was named after Ariadne the daughter of Minos, king of Crete.

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

Ariadne actisanes (Hewitson, 1875)
Ariadne albifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Ariadne ariadne (Linnaeus, 1763) – angled castor (India, China, Ceylon, Indonesia, Vietnam)
Ariadne celebensis Holland, 1898 – Celebes castor
Ariadne enotrea (Cramer, [1779]) – African castor
Ariadne isaeus (Wallace, 1869) – lesser angled castor
Ariadne merione (Cramer, [1777]) – common castor (Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam)
Ariadne merionoides (Holland, 1891) – Holland's castor
Ariadne obscura (C. & R. Felder, [1867])
Ariadne pagenstecheri (Suffert, 1904) – Pagenstecher's castor (Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Zaire, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
Ariadne personata (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Ariadne specularia (Fruhstorfer, 1899) (Cambodia, Vietnam)
Ariadne taeniata (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Indonesia)
Ariadne timora (Wallace, 1869) (Timor)

^ ^a ^b Savela, Markku (December 22, 2018). "Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 11, 2020.

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