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Phalanta is a genus of butterflies, called leopards, in the family Nymphalidae. The genus ranges from Africa to northern Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNymphalidae
Observations recorded12,217

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
32
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
DMNS, CSIRO, AM, QM
Recorded in
Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Malaysia

Wikidata facts

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taxon
Parent taxon
Vagrantini
Image
Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha.jpg
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Commons category
Phalanta
taxon name
Phalanta
taxon rank
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Category:Phalanta
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Phalanta is a genus of butterflies, called leopards, in the family Nymphalidae. The genus ranges from Africa to northern Australia.

==Species== Phalanta alcippe (Stoll, [1782]) – small leopard Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, [1847]) – forest leopard, forest leopard fritillary, or African leopard fritillary Phalanta phalantha (Drury, [1773]) – common leopard or spotted rustic Phalanta madagascariensis (Mabille, 1887) Phalanta philiberti (de Joannis, 1893) Phalanta gomensis (Dufrane, 1945)

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