Prothoe
| Prothoe | |
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| Prothoe franck | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Prothoini |
| Genus: | Prothoe Hübner, [1824] |
| Species | |
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Three, 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 South-East Asia and as far northwest as Assam in India.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Species in this genus are:[1]
- Prothoe australis (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
- Prothoe ribbei Rothschild, 1895
- Prothoe franck (Godart, [1824])
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Prothoe Hübner, [1824]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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