Parantica melusine
| Parantica melusine | |
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| Illustration of Parantica melusine in (1) and (2) labeled as Asthipa melusine, a taxonomic synonym | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Parantica |
| Species: | P. melusine |
| Binomial name | |
| Parantica melusine (Grose-Smith, 1894) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Asthipa melusine | |
Parantica melusine is a species of tiger butterfly that belongs to the family of brush-footed butterflies. The is species can be found on the Island of New Guinea.[1][2]
Description
This species resembles the Kirby's tiger (Parantica kirbyi) with similar markings on their bodies. The upperside of this species wings are black with white hyaline spots.[3]
Sexual dimorphism
This species exhibits sexual dimorphism. Females of this species are similar to males but their wings are more rounded. Females also posses a double row of submarginal spots on the underside of the anterior wings.[3]
Taxonomy
This species contains several subspecies. They are listed below:[1]
- Parantica melusine commixta
- Parantica melusine cythion
- Parantica melusine grosesmithi
- Parantica melusine meeki
- Parantica melusine oetakwensis
- Parantica melusine siris
References
- 1 2 "Parantica melusine". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
- ↑ "Parantica melusine". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
- 1 2 Smith, H. Grose (Henley Grose) (1887). Rhopalocera exotica ; being illustrations of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies. Smithsonian Libraries. London : Gurney & Jackson.
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