Platypthima
Sign in to savePlatypthima is a genus of satyrid butterflies.The genus is endemic to New Guinea.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nymphalidae
- Image
- NW169-7 Platypthima placiva (3431019635).jpg
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- taxon name
- Platypthima
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Platypthima
- taxonomic type
- Platypthima ornata
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Platypthima is a genus of satyrid butterflies.The genus is endemic to New Guinea.
==Species== Listed alphabetically: Platypthima decolor Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 Platypthima dispar Joicey & Talbot, 1922 Platypthima homochroa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907) Platypthima klossi Rothschild & Durrant, 1915 Platypthima leucomelas (Rothschild, 1903) Platypthima ornata Rothschild & Jordan, 1905 Platypthima pandora (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) Platypthima placiva Jordan, 1924 Platypthima simplex Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
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