Protogoniomorpha
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| Genus: | Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1857
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Protogoniomorpha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in Africa.
Taxonomy
Protogoniomorpha was viewed as part of Salamis by Ackery et al. (1995), but Wahlberg et al. (2005) showed that it is a distinct genus, and that one of its former species (Protogoniomorpha cytora and possibly also the similar Protogoniomorpha temora) belongs in Junonia.
Species
- Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758) – clouded mother-of-pearl
- Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847) – western blue beauty
- Protogoniomorpha duprei Vinson, 1863 (mostly listed as a subspecies of Protogoniomorpha anacardii)
- Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Druce, 1782) – common mother-of-pearl or forest mother-of-pearl
- Protogoniomorpha temora Felder, 1867 – blue mother-of-pearl
References
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 50
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