Penthema formosanum is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic to Taiwan.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Penthema |
| Species: | P. formosanum
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| Penthema formosanum Rothschild, 1898
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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