''Prothoe'' is a genus of charaxine butterflies in the family

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. Two of the three species are virtually restricted to western and central

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, but the most widespread species, ''P. franck'', occurs throughout a large part of

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and as far northwest as

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."''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

[ Butterfly genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Charaxinae-stub