Penthema

Genus of butterflies

Penthema
Penthema binghami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Penthema
Doubleday, [1848]
Synonyms
  • Paraplesia C. & R. Felder, 1862 (preocc.)
  • Isodema C. & R. Felder, 1863

Penthema is an east Asian genus of satyrine butterflies.[1]

Species

  • Penthema adelma (C. & R. Felder, 1862) China.
  • Penthema binghami Wood-Mason, 1881 – blue kaiser Burma, Thailand
  • Penthema darlisa Moore, 1878
  • Penthema formosanum Rothschild, 1898
  • Penthema lisarda (Doubleday, 1845) – yellow kaiser

References

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  1. ^ "Penthema Doubleday, [1848]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Taxon identifiers
Penthema