Protogoniomorpha

Mother-of-pearls
Forest mother-of-pearl, P. parhassus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Nymphalinae
Tribe:	Junoniini
Genus:	Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1857
Species
See text
Approximate range of genus

Protogoniomorpha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in the Afrotropical realm, commonly known as mother-of-pearls.

Taxonomy[]

Protogoniomorpha was viewed as part of Salamis by Ackery et al. (1995), but Wahlberg et al. (2005) showed that it is a distinct genus, and that one of its former species (Protogoniomorpha cytora and possibly also the similar Protogoniomorpha temora) belongs in Junonia.

Species[]

• Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758) — clouded mother-of-pearl
• Protogoniomorpha cytora (Doubleday, 1847) — western blue beauty
• Protogoniomorpha duprei Vinson, 1863 — Madagascan mother-of-pearl (mostly listed as a subsp. of P. anacardii)
• Protogoniomorpha parhassus (Druce, 1782) — common mother-of-pearl or forest mother-of-pearl
• Protogoniomorpha temora Felder, 1867 — blue mother-of-pearl

References[]

• Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 50

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