Penthema formosanum
Appearance
Penthema formosanum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Penthema |
Species: | P. formosanum
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Binomial name | |
Penthema formosanum Rothschild, 1898
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Penthema formosanum is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.[1]
The wingspan is 70–85 mm.
The larvae have been recorded on Sinocalamus oldhami, Bambusa multiplex and Phyllostachys makinoi.
References
[edit]- ^ "Penthema Doubleday, [1848]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms