Parantica cleona | |
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Upperside | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Parantica |
Species: | P. cleona |
Binomial name | |
Parantica cleona (Fruhstorfer, 1892) | |
Synonyms | |
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Parantica cleona is a butterfly endemic to Indonesia which was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1892.
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