''Parthenos'', the clippers, are a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
found in
Southeast Asia
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.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
"''Parthenos'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Limenitidinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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