Parthenos (butterfly)
Parthenos, the clippers, are a genus of butterflies found in Southeast Asia.
Clipper butterflies | |
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Parthenos sylvia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subfamily: | Limenitidinae |
Genus: | Parthenos Hübner, [1819] |
Species | |
Three, see text |
Species
Listed alphabetically:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Parthenos aspila Honrath, 1888 | New Guinea clipper[2] | endemic to New Guinea and adjacent islands. | |
Parthenos sylvia Cramer, 1776 | clipper | widespread, occurring from Assam and Burma to Sri Lanka, Indochina, the Philippines, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands | |
Parthenos tigrina Vollenhoven, 1866 | New Guinea clipper[3] | New Guinea and adjacent islands | |
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References
- "Parthenos Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- New Guinea Clipper, Project Noah
- New Guinea Clipper, Learn about Butterflies
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