Magpie (butterfly)
Brush-footed butterfly genus and its sole species
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Protoploea apatela, the magpie, is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily.
| Magpie | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Euploeina |
| Genus: | Protoploea Ackery & Vane-Wright, 1984 |
| Species: | P. apatela |
| Binomial name | |
| Protoploea apatela | |
Distribution
Protoploea apatela is endemic to montane New Guinea island, found in Papua New Guinea, and in Western New Guinea of Indonesia.[3]
It is a near threatened species on the IUCN Red List.[1]
