Prothoe
Prothoe franck
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Prothoini
Genus: Prothoe
Hübner, [1824]
Species

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

Species in this genus are:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Prothoe Hübner, [1824]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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