''Protogoniomorpha'' is a genus of
nymphalid
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a redu ...
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
found in the
Afrotropical realm, commonly known as mother-of-pearls.
Taxonomy
''Protogoniomorpha'' was viewed as part of ''
Salamis'' by Ackery et al. (1995). Based on phylogenetic research, the group was reinstated as distinct genus, with some members possibly needing further reassignment.
Species
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Protogoniomorpha anacardii
''Protogoniomorpha anacardii'', the clouded mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in tropical Africa.
The wingspan is 55–68 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females.
Its flight period is year-round, peaking in ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758) — clouded mother-of-pearl
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Protogoniomorpha cytora''
(Doubleday, 1847) — western blue beauty
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Protogoniomorpha duprei''
Vinson, 1863 — Madagascan mother-of-pearl (sometimes listed as a subspecies of ''P. anacardii'')
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Protogoniomorpha parhassus''
(Druce, 1782) — common mother-of-pearl or forest mother-of-pearl
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Protogoniomorpha temora''
Felder, 1867 — blue mother-of-pearl
References
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Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 50
Junoniini
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren
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