title: Taenaris phorcas
text: # Taenaris phorcas
  
  Taenaris phorcas is a butterfly of the subfamily Morphinae in the family Nymphalidae.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Subspecies include:
  
  * Taenaris phorcas phorcas (Bismarck Archipelago - Solomon Islands)
  * Taenaris phorcas uranus Staudinger, 1888 (Bismarck Archipelago - Crown Island)
  * Taenaris phorcas admiralitatis Rothschild, 1916 (Admiralty Islands)
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species can be found in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Archipelago.
  
  ## Description
  
  The upperside of the wings contains large white blotches, with broad brown edges and a wide eyespot surrounded with yellow orange located in the white area of the hindwings. The underside of the hindwings shows an outer angle completely brown and a wide patch with two large black eyespots surrounded with yellow orange. The abdomen is brown.
  
  ## Biology
  
  Larvae of this species feed on Dracaena species.
  
  