Prothoe australis

Prothoe australis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1831. It is found in the Australasian realm.Seitz provides a description. ^[2]

Prothoe australis
Prothoe australis satgeii in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (figure 4)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Prothoe
Species:	P. australis
Binomial name
Prothoe australis (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])[1]
Synonyms
Nymphalis australis Guérin-Méneville, [1831] Mynes leucis Boisduval, 1832 Mynes mulderi Vollenhoven, 1863 Prothoe westwoodii Wallace, 1869 Prothoe hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 Prothoe schoenbergi Honrath, 1888 Prothoe dohertyi Grose-Smith, 1894 guilelmi Fruhstorfer, 1913 Prothoe layardi Godman & Salvin, 1882 Prothoe schulzi Ribbe, 1898 Prothoe australis mafalda f. medodora Fruhstorfer, 1906 Prothoe australis satgeii f. bifasciata Joicey & Talbot, 1916

Subspecies

• P. a. australis (Waigeu, Misool)
• P. a. mulderi (Vollenhoven, 1863) (Batchian, Halmahera)
• P. a. westwoodi Wallace, 1869 (Aru)
• P. a. hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 (Irian Jaya)
• P. a. layardi Godman & Salvin, 1882 (New Ireland)
• P. a. schulzi Ribbe, 1898 (New Britain)
• P. a. mafalda Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Papua)
• P. a. menodora Fruhstorfer, 1906 (British New Guinea)
• P. a. decolorata Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Misool)
• P. a. satgeii Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)