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. The genus was named after Ariadne the daughter of Minos, king of Crete.
Species Listed alphabetically: 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, ) – African castor Ariadne isaeus (Wallace, 1869) – Malayan castor Ariadne merione (Cramer, ) – common castor (Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam) Ariadne merionoides (Holland, 1891) – Holland's castor Ariadne obscura (C. & R. Felder, ) 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)
References
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 49
External links
Images representing Ariadne at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Images representing Ariadne at Encyclopedia of Life