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Pantoporia venilia 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Pantoporia Species: P. venilia Binomial name Pantoporia venilia
(Linnaeus, 1758)Synonyms - Papilio venilia Linnaeus, 1758
- Acca venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Neptis venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hamadryas moorei Macleay, 1866
- Neptis mortifacies Butler, 1875
- Neptis ganina Grose-Smith, 1894
- Acca obiana Swinhoe, 1904
- Neptis anceps Grose-Smith, 1894
- Neptis cyanifera Butler, 1878
The Cape York Aeroplane or Black-eyed Plane (Pantoporia venilia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Queensland, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are black with a large white patch in the middle and an arc of white spots along the edge of each wing.
Larvae have been found on Lepidopetalum subdichotomum.
Subspecies
- Pantoporia venilia venilia (Ambon, Serang, Geser, Banda Islands)
- Pantoporia venilia evanescens (Staudinger, 1888) (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate)
- Pantoporia venilia godelewa (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Buru)
- Pantoporia venilia tadema (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Waigeu, Misool, Gebe Islands)
- Pantoporia venilia holargyrea (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Aru, Kai, Tanimbar)
- Pantoporia venilia pseudovenilia (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Roon Island, north-west West Irian)
- Pantoporia venilia anceps (Grose-Smith, 1894) (Jobi Island, West Irian)
- Pantoporia venilia cyanifera (Butler, 1878) (Papua, Yule Island)
- Pantoporia venilia glyceria (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand, Woodlark Island)
- Pantoporia venilia louisa Eliot, 1969 (Louisiade Archipelago)
- Pantoporia venilia dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Karkar Island)
- Pantoporia venilia albopunctata (Joicey & Noakes, 1915) (Biak, Noemfoor Island)
- Pantoporia venilia moorei (Macleay, 1866) (Cape York to Cairns)
- Pantoporia venilia novohannoverana (Pagenstecher, 1899) (Bismarck Archipelago)
- Pantoporia venilia mysolensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Misol)
External links
External identifiers for Pantoporia venilia EOL 165246 Also found in: Wikispecies - Australian Insects
- Australian Faunal Directory
Media related to Pantoporia venilia at Wikimedia Commons
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