Protogoniomorpha parhassus

Forest mother-of-pearl
possibly P. p. aethiops
P. p. parhassus, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Protogoniomorpha
Species:
P. parhassus
Binomial name
Protogoniomorpha parhassus
(Drury, 1782)
  Approximate range
Synonyms
  • Papilio parhassus Drury, 1782
  • Salamis parhassus
  • Papilio aethiops Palisot de Beauvais, 1805
  • Vanessa aglatonice Godart, 1819
  • Salamis parhassus aethiops f. aest. modestus Overlaet, 1955
  • Salamis parhassus f. pyricolor Stoneham, 1965

Protogoniomorpha parhassus, the forest mother-of-pearl or common mother-of-pearl, is a species of Nymphalidae butterfly found in forested areas of Africa.

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