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Ariadne actisanes

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Species of butterfly

Large castor
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Ariadne
Species: A. actisanes
Binomial name
Ariadne actisanes
(Hewitson, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Ergolis actisanes Hewitson, 1875

Ariadne actisanes, the large castor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of disturbed areas in forests.

References

  1. "Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Biblidini". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
Taxon identifiers
Ariadne actisanes


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