Pantoporia venilia
| Pantoporia venilia |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Nymphalidae |
| Genus: |
Pantoporia |
| Species: |
P. venilia |
| Binomial name |
Pantoporia venilia
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Synonyms |
- Papilio venilia Linnaeus, 1758
- Acca venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Neptis venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hamadryas moorei Macleay, 1866
- Neptis mortifacies Butler, 1875
- Neptis ganina Grose-Smith, 1894
- Acca obiana Swinhoe, 1904
- Neptis anceps Grose-Smith, 1894
- Neptis cyanifera Butler, 1878
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The Cape York Aeroplane or Black-eyed Plane (Pantoporia venilia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Queensland, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are black with a large white patch in the middle and an arc of white spots along the edge of each wing.
Larvae have been found on Lepidopetalum subdichotomum.
Subspecies
- Pantoporia venilia venilia (Ambon, Serang, Geser, Banda Islands)
- Pantoporia venilia evanescens (Staudinger, 1888) (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate)
- Pantoporia venilia godelewa (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Buru)
- Pantoporia venilia tadema (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Waigeu, Misool, Gebe Islands)
- Pantoporia venilia holargyrea (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Aru, Kai, Tanimbar)
- Pantoporia venilia pseudovenilia (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Roon Island, north-west West Irian)
- Pantoporia venilia anceps (Grose-Smith, 1894) (Jobi Island, West Irian)
- Pantoporia venilia cyanifera (Butler, 1878) (Papua, Yule Island)
- Pantoporia venilia glyceria (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand, Woodlark Island)
- Pantoporia venilia louisa Eliot, 1969 (Louisiade Archipelago)
- Pantoporia venilia dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Karkar Island)
- Pantoporia venilia albopunctata (Joicey & Noakes, 1915) (Biak, Noemfoor Island)
- Pantoporia venilia moorei (Macleay, 1866) (Cape York to Cairns)
- Pantoporia venilia novohannoverana (Pagenstecher, 1899) (Bismarck Archipelago)
- Pantoporia venilia mysolensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Misol)
External links
| External identifiers for Pantoporia venilia |
| EOL |
165246 |
| Also found in: [//species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pantoporia_venilia Wikispecies] |