Parasarpa

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Parasarpa
Parasarpa dudu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Limenitidinae
Tribe:
Limenitidini
Genus:
Parasarpa

Moore, [1898]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Hypolimnesthes Moore, [1898]

Parasarpa is a genus of butterflies. Parasarpa hollandi ranges from Lombok to Timor. Parasarpa albidior and Parasarpa houlberti are known only from Yunnan. The three other species occur in northern India and southern China.[1]

Species

  • Parasarpa albomaculata (Leech, 1891)
  • Parasarpa albidior (Hall, 1930)
  • Parasarpa dudu (Doubleday, [1848]) – white commodore
  • Parasarpa hollandi Doherty, 1891
  • Parasarpa houlberti (Oberthür, 1913)
  • Parasarpa zayla (Doubleday, [1848]) – bicolor commodore

References

  1. ^ "Parasarpa Moore, [1898]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Taxon identifiers
Parasarpa