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Parantica melaneus (Cramer, [1775])

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Danainae → tribe Danaini → subtribe Danaina → genus Parantica → species Parantica melaneus

Species name(s)

Parantica melaneus (Cramer, [1775]) = Papilio melaneus Cramer, [1775] = Hestia ephyre Hübner, 1816 = Danais melanus paculus Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Caduga melaneus = Danais melanea = Danaus melaneus = Parantica melanea = Hestia ephyre Hübner, 1816 = Danais melane Godart, 1819. [9, 187]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Malaysia [PC106].
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, West Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo [132].

Subspecies of Parantica melaneus

Parantica melaneus melaneus. [9]
P. m. plataniston (Fruhstorfer, 1910). [9]
P. m. sinopion (Fruhstorfer, 1910). [9]
P. m. szechuana Fruhstorfer, 1899. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Sergei Kotov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[132] http://yutaka.it-n.jp/
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC106] Sergei Kotov

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Parantica hypowattan Morishita, 1981

Parantica kirbyi (Grose-Smith, 1894)

Parantica kuekenthali (Pagenstecher, 1896)

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Parantica luzonensis (C. & R. Felder, 1863)

Parantica marcia (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

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Parantica menadensis (Moore, 1883)

Parantica milagros Schröder & Treadaway, 1980

Parantica nilgiriensis (Moore, 1877)

Parantica pedonga Fujioka, 1970

Parantica philo (Grose-Smith, 1895)

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Parantica pseudomelaneus (Moore, 1883)

Parantica pumila (Boisduval, 1859)

Parantica rotundata (Grose-Smith, 1890)

Parantica schenkii (Koch, 1865)

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Parantica sita (Kollar, [1844])

Parantica sulewattan (Fruhstorfer, 1896)

Parantica swinhoei (Moore, 1883)

Parantica taprobana (C. & R. Felder, [1865])

Parantica thalassina (Joicey & Noakes, 1916)

Parantica timorica (Grose-Smith, 1887)

Parantica tityoides (Hagen, 1890)

Parantica toxopei (Nieuwenhuis, 1969)

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