''Platypthima'' is a genus of
satyrid butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
.The genus is
endemic
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to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
"''Platypthima'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1905"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
*'' Platypthima decolor'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
*'' Platypthima dispar'' Joicey & Talbot, 1922
*'' Platypthima homochroa'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
*'' Platypthima klossi'' Rothschild & Durrant, 1915
*'' Platypthima leucomelas'' (Rothschild, 1903)
*'' Platypthima ornata'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
*'' Platypthima pandora'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
*'' Platypthima placiva'' Jordan, 1924
*'' Platypthima simplex'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
References
Satyrini
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
Taxa named by Karl Jordan
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