Faunis canens

Faunis canens, the common faun, is a butterfly from South and South East Asia that belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.^[1] This species may include the Indian faun, Faunis arcesilaus.^[2]

Faunis canens
Faunis canens arcesilaus Stichel, 1933, from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Faunis
Species:	F. canens
Binomial name
Faunis canens Hübner, 1826
Synonyms
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The common faun ranges from Sikkim to Assam and Myanmar^[3] and through Thailand, peninsular Malaya, Singapore to southern Yunnan and the western islands of the Indonesian archipelago.^[4] The larva feeds on Musa.