Prothoe
Genus of insects
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.
01Taxonomy
Species in this genus are:
- Prothoe australis (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
- Prothoe ribbei Rothschild, 1895
- Prothoe franck (Godart, [1824])
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- Prothoe 326.jpg by Frederic C. Moore (text); J N Fitch (art), Public domain
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