Pantoporia venilia, the Cape York aeroplane or black-eyed plane, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia (Queensland), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pantoporia |
| Species: | P. venilia
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| Pantoporia venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Larvae have been found on Lepidopetalum subdichotomum.
Subspecies
edit- Pantoporia venilia venilia (Ambon, Serang, Geser, Banda Islands)
- Pantoporia venilia evanescens (Staudinger, 1888) (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate)
- Pantoporia venilia godelewa (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Buru)
- Pantoporia venilia tadema (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Waigeu, Misool, Gebe Islands)
- Pantoporia venilia holargyrea (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Aru, Kai, Tanimbar)
- Pantoporia venilia pseudovenilia (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Roon Island, north-west West Irian)
- Pantoporia venilia anceps (Grose-Smith, 1894) (Jobi Island, West Irian)
- Pantoporia venilia cyanifera (Butler, 1878) (Papua, Yule Island)
- Pantoporia venilia glyceria (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand, Woodlark Island)
- Pantoporia venilia louisa Eliot, 1969 (Louisiade Archipelago)
- Pantoporia venilia dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Karkar Island)
- Pantoporia venilia albopunctata (Joicey & Noakes, 1915) (Biak, Noemfoor Island)
- Pantoporia venilia moorei (Macleay, 1866) (Cape York to Cairns)
- Pantoporia venilia novohannoverana (Pagenstecher, 1899) (Bismarck Archipelago)
- Pantoporia venilia mysolensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Misol)
External links
edit- Australian Insects
- Australian Faunal Directory[permanent dead link]
Media related to Pantoporia venilia at Wikimedia Commons
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