''Rhinopalpa polynice'', the wizard, is a
nymphalid
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 ...
butterfly found in
India
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and
South Asia
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, and is the only species in the genus ''Rhinopalpa''.
"''Rhinopalpa'' C. & R. Felder, 1860"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Gallery
File:The Wizard (Rhinopalpa polynice) (24118180479).jpg, Upperside
File:Wizard2 Rhinopalpa polynice.jpg, Underside
File:Close wing posture Basking of Rhinopalpa polynice (Cramer, (1779)) – Wizard WLB-NEI DSC 4954.jpg
File:RhinopalpaPolynice 327.jpg, Male, female and underside
File:Rhinopalpa polynice birmana.jpg, ''R. polynice birmana'' from Bình Thuận Province, Vietnam
References and external links
''Rhinopalpa polynice''
at Tree of Life
Kallimini
Monotypic butterfly genera
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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