Protogoniomorpha

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Mother-of-pearls
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Forest mother-of-pearl, P. parhassus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Protogoniomorpha
Wallengren, 1857
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  Approximate range of genus

Protogoniomorpha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Afrotropical realm, commonly known as mother-of-pearls.

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Taxonomy

Protogoniomorpha was viewed as part of Salamis by Ackery et al. (1995). Based on phylogenetic research, the group was reinstated as distinct genus, with some members possibly needing further reassignment. [1]

Species

References

  1. Wahlberg, Niklas; Brower, Andrew V. Z.; Nylin, Sören (October 2005). "Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)" . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (2): 227ff. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x.