Magpie (butterfly)

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Magpie
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subtribe: Euploeina
Genus: Protoploea
Ackery & Vane-Wright, 1984
Species:
P. apatela
Binomial name
Protoploea apatela
(Joicey & Talbot, 1925)

Protoploea apatela, the magpie, is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily.

It is monotypic within the genus Protoploea. [2]

Distribution

Protoploea apatela is endemic to montane New Guinea island, found in Papua New Guinea, and in Western New Guinea of Indonesia. [3]

It is a near threatened species on the IUCN Red List. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lepidoptera Specialist Group (1996). "Protoploea apatela". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T18380A8179258. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18380A8179258.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Ackery PR, and Vane-Wright RI. (1984). Milkweed butterflies. British Museum (Natural History), London.
  3. Tree of Life: Protoploea apatela