Parthenos sylvia

Parthenos sylvia
P. s. virens, Sahyadri clipper
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Parthenos
Species:
P. sylvia
Binomial name
Parthenos sylvia
(Cramer, [1776])[1]
Subspecies

Many, see text

Synonyms
  • Papilio sylvia

Parthenos sylvia, the clipper,[2][3] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia, mostly in forested areas.[2][3] The clipper is a fast-flying butterfly and has a habit of flying with its wings flapping stiffly between the horizontal position and a few degrees below the horizontal. It may glide between spurts of flapping.[4][5]

  1. ^ Cramer, Pieter [1779-1782] De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen, Asia, Africa en America. Pt. 1.68Plate 43
  2. ^ a b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 206. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference funet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 287–291.
  5. ^ Public Domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moore, Frederic (1896–1899). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. III. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 49–56.