''Prioneris philonome'', the redspot sawtooth, is a

butterfly 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 ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...

.It was described by

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société ento ...

in 1836. It is found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9 File:Prioneris philonome vollenhovi.JPG, ''Prioneris philonome vollenhovi'' File:Prioneris philonome 2.jpg,

Mud-puddling Puddling is a behaviour in which an organism seeks out nutrients in certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud, and carrion, and sucks up the fluid. Where the conditions are suitable, conspicuous insects such as butterfly, butterf ...

Subspecies

*''Prioneris philonome philonome'' (eastern Java) *''Prioneris philonome vollenhovii'' Wallace, 1867 (Borneo) *''Prioneris philonome themana'' Fruhstorfer, 1903 (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra)

References

External links

''Prioneris''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q2720077 Prioneris Butterflies described in 1836 Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Butterflies of Java Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Malaysia Lepidoptera of Sumatra