New Guinea Clipper

Parthenos tigrina

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Parthenos tigrina is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was discovered by Samuel Constant Snellen van Vollenhoven in 1866. It is endemic to New Guinea and surrounding islands.

Distribution

New Guinea Clipper — (c) Kristof & Yulia, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kristof & Yulia · CC-BY

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Sources and credits

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New Guinea Clipper

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