''Prothoe australis '' 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 ...

in 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 was described by

Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in Toulon – 26 January 1874, in Paris) was a French entomologist. Life and work Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of ...

in 1831. It is found in the

Australasian realm The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and ...

. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9

Subspecies

*''P. a. australis'' (Waigeu, Misool) *''P. a. mulderi'' (Vollenhoven, 1863) (Batchian, Halmahera) *''P. a. westwoodi'' Wallace, 1869 (Aru) *''P. a. hewitsoni'' Wallace, 1869 (Irian Jaya) *''P. a. layardi'' Godman & Salvin, 1882 (New Ireland) *''P. a. schulzi'' Ribbe, 1898 (New Britain) *''P. a. mafalda'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Papua) *''P. a. menodora'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 (British New Guinea) *''P. a. decolorata'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Misool) *''P. a. satgeii'' Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)

References

External links

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