Pantoporia venilia

Pantoporia venilia

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

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 identifiers for Pantoporia venilia
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