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Prothoe

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Charaxinae

Scientific name
  
Prothoe

Higher classification
  
Charaxinae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Tribe
  
Preponini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Prothoe httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Prothoe franck, Butterfly, Agatasa, Nymphalidae, Butterflies and moths

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.

Taxonomy

Species in this genus are:

  • Prothoe australis (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
  • Prothoe ribbei Rothschild, 1895
  • Prothoe franck (Godart, [1824])
  • References

    Prothoe Wikipedia