Species name	Taenaris catops (Westwood, 1851) カトプスメダマチョウ，ウスイロメダマチョウ，シロメダマチョウ Catops Owl Butterfly，Silky Owl
Taxonomy	＝ Drusilla catops Westwood, 1851
Geographical Range	ssp; catops：Aru Island　 ssp; turdula：Yule and Darnley Islands (S.W. Papua) ssp;gebiensis：Gebe Island ssp;selenides：Waigeu Island ssp; jathrippa：Salawati Island ssp; fulvida：Misool ssp; laretta：Sorong area of West Irian ssp; pamphagus：Onin Peninsula, Mioswar, Roon, several other small islands of the Geelvinck Bay (West Irian) ssp; kajuna：Southern Geelvinck Bay to Etna Bay, West Irian ssp; galaecia：Snow Mountains of West Irian ssp; jobina：Jobi Island ssp;westwoodi：Herzog and Rawlinson Mountains, New Guinea ssp;vulcanica：Manam (Vulcan) Island ssp;dampierensis：Dampier Island ssp; mylaechoides：South-eastern Papua ssp; leanas：Port Moresby and the Brown River area ssp; appina：Milne Bay area ssp; adriana：Goodenough, Fergusson, D'Entrecasteaux Islands ssp; fimbriata：Woodlark Island ssp; rosseliana：Rossel Island ssp; mylaecha：Sudest Island ssp; nicasius：Sudest Island, Louisiade Is.
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Biology	Host plant: Bulolo では，Cordyline terminalis (tanget：Liliaceae，ユリ科) の巨大草本類と，Phias tancarvilliae (地面ラン：Orchidaceae，ラン科) を食べる。パプアニューギニアでの他の食草は，Musa (バナナ：バショウ科)，Areca catechu と Caryota rumpha (それぞれビンロウジと黒ヤシ：Arecaceae科) を含む。
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