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 <small>(Hewitson, 1875)</small>
- Ariadne albifascia <small>(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)</small>
- Ariadne ariadne <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small> â angled castor (India, China, Ceylon, Indonesia, Vietnam)
- Ariadne celebensis <small>Holland, 1898</small> â Celebes castor
- Ariadne enotrea <small>(Cramer, [1779])</small> â African castor
- Ariadne isaeus <small>(Wallace, 1869)</small> â lesser angled castor
- Ariadne merione <small>(Cramer, [1777])</small> â common castor (Ceylon, India, Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam)
- Ariadne merionoides <small>(Holland, 1891)</small> â Holland's castor
- Ariadne obscura <small>(C. & R. Felder, [1867])</small>
- Ariadne pagenstecheri <small>(Suffert, 1904)</small> â Pagenstecher's castor (Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern Zaire, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
- Ariadne personata <small>(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)</small>
- Ariadne specularia <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1899)</small> (Cambodia, Vietnam)
- Ariadne taeniata <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1861)</small> (Indonesia)
- Ariadne timora <small>(Wallace, 1869)</small> (Timor)
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