Prothoe franck, the blue begum, is a butterfly species found in Assam in north-eastern India and throughout a large part of South-East Asia.[1]

Blue begum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Prothoe
Species:
P. franck
Binomial name
Prothoe franck
(Godart, 1824)

It belongs to the leafwings (Charaxinae) in the brush-footed butterflies family.Seitz provides a description. [2]

References

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  1. ^ "Prothoe Hübner, [1824]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766;pdf 767–1201,pdf pls 1–175.pdf  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.