Assam faun | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Order: | Lepidoptera
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Family: | Nymphalidae
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Genus: | Faunis
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Species: | F. assama
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Binomial name | |
Faunis assama (Westwood, 1858)
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Faunis assama, the Assam faun,[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterfly family.
This butterfly was earlier considered to be a subspecies of the large faun (Faunis eumeus (Drury, 1773)).[2]