Prothoe
| Prothoe | |
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| Prothoe franck | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Charaxinae |
| Tribe: | Preponini |
| Genus: | Prepona Hübner, [1824] |
| Species | |
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Prothoe is a genus of charaxine butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Two of the three species are virtually restricted to western and central Melanesia, but the most widespread species, P. franck, occurs throughout a large part of southeast Asia and as far northwest as Assam in India.[1]
Taxonomy
Species in this genus are:[1]
- Prothoe australis (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
- Prothoe ribbei Rothschild, 1895
- Prothoe franck (Godart, [1824])
References
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