''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

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and

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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 {{Nymphalinae-stub