Taenaris myops is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Subspecies Taenaris myops myops - Aru Taenaris myops kirschii (Staudinger, 1887) - SE.New Guinea, E.Papua, SE.Papua, Yule I. Taenaris myops praxedes Fruhstorfer, 1904 - Salawati Taenaris myops parallelus Rothschild, 1916 - Misool, Waigeu Taenaris myops merana Fruhstorfer, 1904 - NW.West Irian Taenaris myops maneta Hulstaert, 1923 - S.West Irian (Merauke) Taenaris myops vanhaasterti Hulstaert, 1925 - SE.West Irian Taenaris myops ansuna Fruhstorfer, 1904 - Jobi I. Taenaris myops phrixus Brooks, 1950 - West Irian (Dore Bay) Taenaris myops rothschildi Grose-Smith, 1894 - Humboldt Bay Taenaris myops wahnesi Heller, 1894 - N.New Guinea (coast) Taenaris myops miscus Fruhstorfer, 1905 - Normanby, Goodenough I. Taenaris myops fergussonia Fruhstorfer, 1904 - Fergusson, Trobriand, Woodlark I.
Description Taenaris myops has a wingspan of about . Wings are fuliginous grey. Upperside of each hindwing has one ocellated spot, while undersides of each hinding show two large bright eyepots, of which the centre is blackish with a small white central eye, surrounded with a pale fulvous ring.Novitates zoologicae
Distribution This species can be found in New Guinea.
References
External links PNG Nature