''Pantoporia venilia'', the Cape York aeroplane or black-eyed plane, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
of the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
. It is found in Australia (
Queensland
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),
Indonesia
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,
Papua New Guinea
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and surrounding islands.
The
wingspan
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is about 40 mm. Adults are black with a large white patch in the middle and an arc of white spots along the edge of each wing.
Larvae have been found on ''
Lepidopetalum subdichotomum
''Lepidopetalum'' is a genus of six species of trees known to science, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.
They grow naturally in New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sumatra and ...
''.
Subspecies
*''Pantoporia venilia venilia'' (Ambon, Serang, Geser, Banda Islands)
*''Pantoporia venilia evanescens''
(Staudinger, 1888) (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate)
*''Pantoporia venilia godelewa''
(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Buru)
*''Pantoporia venilia tadema''
(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Waigeu, Misool, Gebe Islands)
*''Pantoporia venilia holargyrea''
(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Aru, Kai, Tanimbar)
*''Pantoporia venilia pseudovenilia''
(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Roon Island, north-west West Irian)
*''Pantoporia venilia anceps''
(Grose-Smith, 1894) (Jobi Island, West Irian)
*''Pantoporia venilia cyanifera''
(Butler, 1878) (Papua, Yule Island)
*''Pantoporia venilia glyceria''
(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand, Woodlark Island)
*''Pantoporia venilia louisa''
Eliot, 1969 (Louisiade Archipelago)
*''Pantoporia venilia dampierensis''
(Rothschild, 1915) (Karkar Island)
*''Pantoporia venilia albopunctata''
(Joicey & Noakes, 1915) (Biak, Noemfoor Island)
*''Pantoporia venilia moorei''
(Macleay, 1866) (Cape York to Cairns)
*''Pantoporia venilia novohannoverana''
(Pagenstecher, 1899) (Bismarck Archipelago)
*''Pantoporia venilia mysolensis''
(Rothschild, 1915) (Misol)
External links
Australian InsectsAustralian Faunal Directory
*
Pantoporia
Butterflies described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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