Protogoniomorpha
| Protogoniomorpha | |
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| Common mother-of-pearl (Protogoniomorpha parhassus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Tribe: | Junoniini |
| Genus: | Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1857 |
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Protogoniomorpha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in Africa.
Taxonomy
Protogoniomorpha was viewed as part of Salamis by Ackery et al. (1995), but Wahlberg et al. (2005) showed that it is a distinct genus, and that one of its former species (Protogoniomorpha cytora and possibly also the similar Protogoniomorpha temora) belongs in Junonia.
Species
- Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758) – Clouded mother-of-pearl
- Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847) – Western blue beauty
- Protogoniomorpha duprei Vinson, 1863 (mostly listed as a subspecies of Protogoniomorpha anacardii)
- Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Druce, 1782) – Common mother-of-pearl or forest mother-of-pearl
- Protogoniomorpha temora Felder, 1867 – Blue mother-of-pearl
References
- Woodhall, Steve. (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town:Struik Publ., p.130.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 50