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]
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| Prothoe australis satgeii in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (figure 4) | |
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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. australis
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| Prothoe australis (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])[1]
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Subspecies
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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)
- ^ Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: [1] 715-6 pdf pls 1–175.pdf
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External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Prothoe australis.
- "Prothoe Hübner, [1824]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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