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Faunis faunula Westwood, 1850

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Faunis faunula Westwood, 1850
Name authority
Westwood, 1850
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Faunis
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. superfamilyPapilionoidea
  8. familyNymphalidae
  9. subfamilySatyrinae
  10. tribeAmathusiini
  11. genusFaunis Hübner, 1819
  12. speciesFaunis faunula Westwood, 1850

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Faunis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Faunis aerope Leech, 1890NymphalidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Faunis assamus Westwood, 1858NymphalidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Faunis faunuloides de Nicéville, 1895NymphalidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Faunis sappho Semper, 1878NymphalidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Faunis taraki Pendlebury, 1933NymphalidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 477 records assigned to Nymphalidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Doubleday. (1850). The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, illustrated with plates by W.C. Hewitson. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49324#page/46/mode/2upSource fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3DW3K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.