Prothoe

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Prothoe
Prothoe franck
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Charaxinae
Tribe: Preponini
Genus: Prepona
Hübner, [1824]
Species

3, see text.

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Savela, M. Prothoe. Accessed July 31, 2010
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