Prothoe franck

Prothoe franck

Taxobox
name = Blue Begum


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
unranked_familia = Rhopalocera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Charaxinae
tribus = Prothoini
genus = "Prothoe"
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species = "P. franck"
binomial = "Prothoe franck"
binomial_authority = (Godart, 1824)

The Blue Begum ("Prothoe franck") is a butterfly species found in IndiaVerify source|date=September 2007. It belongs to the leafwings (Charaxinae) in the Brush-footed butterflies family. Its genus, "Prothoe, is monotypic.

References

* (1932): "The Identification of Indian Butterflies" (2nd ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.


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