Parthenos
the Clippers
Niklas Wahlberg and Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Parthenos tigrina and P. aspila are endemic to New Guinea and surounding islands. P. sylvia is widespread, occurring from the Solomon Islands to Sri Lanka.
References
Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Parsons M. 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. Academic Press, San Diego.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Parthenos sylvia |
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| Location | captive at Butterfly House, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, native to Southeast Asia |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Clipper |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Jim Frazier |
| Scientific Name | Parthenos sylvia |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Parthenos sylvia |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2002 Wes Kalinowski |
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Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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- First online 13 November 2006
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