Prothoe franck
| Blue begum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Prothoe |
| Species: | P. franck
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| Binomial name | |
| Prothoe franck (Godart, 1824)
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Prothoe franck, the blue begum, is a butterfly species found in Assam in north-eastern India and throughout a large part of South-East Asia.[1]
It belongs to the leafwings (Charaxinae) in the brush-footed butterflies family.Seitz provides a description. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prothoe Hübner, [1824]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766;pdf 767–1201,pdf pls 1–175.pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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