Pantoporia venilia

For the character in Roman mythology, see Venilia.

Pantoporia venilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Pantoporia
Species:	P. venilia
Binomial name
Pantoporia venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio veniliaLinnaeus, 1758 Acca venilia(Linnaeus, 1758) Neptis venilia(Linnaeus, 1758) Hamadryas mooreiMacleay, 1866 Neptis mortifaciesButler, 1875 Neptis ganinaGrose-Smith, 1894 Acca obianaSwinhoe, 1904 Neptis ancepsGrose-Smith, 1894 Neptis cyaniferaButler, 1878

Pantoporia venilia, the Cape York aeroplane or black-eyed plane, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia (Queensland), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands.

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

Larvae have been found on Lepidopetalum subdichotomum .

Subspecies

• Pantoporia venilia venilia (Ambon, Serang, Geser, Banda Islands)
• Pantoporia venilia evanescens(Staudinger, 1888) (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate)
• Pantoporia venilia godelewa(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Buru)
• Pantoporia venilia tadema(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Waigeu, Misool, Gebe Islands)
• Pantoporia venilia holargyrea(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Aru, Kai, Tanimbar)
• Pantoporia venilia pseudovenilia(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Roon Island, north-west West Irian)
• Pantoporia venilia anceps(Grose-Smith, 1894) (Jobi Island, West Irian)
• Pantoporia venilia cyanifera(Butler, 1878) (Papua, Yule Island)
• Pantoporia venilia glyceria(Fruhstorfer, 1908) (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand, Woodlark Island)
• Pantoporia venilia louisaEliot, 1969 (Louisiade Archipelago)
• Pantoporia venilia dampierensis(Rothschild, 1915) (Karkar Island)
• Pantoporia venilia albopunctata(Joicey & Noakes, 1915) (Biak, Noemfoor Island)
• Pantoporia venilia moorei(Macleay, 1866) (Cape York to Cairns)
• Pantoporia venilia novohannoverana(Pagenstecher, 1899) (Bismarck Archipelago)
• Pantoporia venilia mysolensis(Rothschild, 1915) (Misol)

External links

• Australian Insects
• Australian Faunal Directory ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Media related to Pantoporia venilia at Wikimedia Commons