Ariadne (butterfly)

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