Biology:Prothoe australis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Prothoe australis
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Prothoe australis satgeii in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (figure 4)
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Prothoe
Species:
P. australis
Binomial name
Prothoe australis
(Guérin-Méneville, [1831])[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis australis Guérin-Méneville, [1831]
  • Mynes leucis Boisduval, 1832
  • Mynes mulderi Vollenhoven, 1863
  • Prothoe westwoodii Wallace, 1869
  • Prothoe hewitsoni Wallace, 1869
  • Prothoe schoenbergi Honrath, 1888
  • Prothoe dohertyi Grose-Smith, 1894
  • guilelmi Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Prothoe layardi Godman & Salvin, 1882
  • Prothoe schulzi Ribbe, 1898
  • Prothoe australis mafalda f. medodora Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Prothoe australis satgeii f. bifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1916

Prothoe australis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1831. It is found in the Australasian realm.Seitz provides a description. [2]

Subspecies

  • P. a. australis (Waigeu, Misool)
  • P. a. mulderi (Vollenhoven, 1863) (Batchian, Halmahera)
  • P. a. westwoodi Wallace, 1869 (Aru)
  • P. a. hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 (Irian Jaya)
  • P. a. layardi Godman & Salvin, 1882 (New Ireland)
  • P. a. schulzi Ribbe, 1898 (New Britain)
  • P. a. mafalda Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Papua)
  • P. a. menodora Fruhstorfer, 1906 (British New Guinea)
  • P. a. decolorata Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Misool)
  • P. a. satgeii Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)

References

  1. Guérin-Méneville, [1831] Crustacés, arachnides et insectes. 319pp, 22pls [lepidoptera 271-286] Voyage Coquille, 2 (2): pl. 13-17 (1830),: pl. 14bis (1831),: pl. 18-19 (1831),: 271-286, 316-319 [index?] (1838)
  2. Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: [1] 715-6 pdf pls 1–175.pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13580015 entry