''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.
["''Prothoe'' Hübner, [1824]"]
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Taxonomy
Species in this genus are:
[
* ''Prothoe australis'' (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
* ''Prothoe ribbei'' Rothschild, 1895
* ''Prothoe franck'' (Godart, [1824])
]
References
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Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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