Pantoporia venilia

For the character in Roman mythology, see Venilia.
Pantoporia venilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pantoporia
Species: P. venilia
Binomial name
Pantoporia venilia
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio venilia Linnaeus, 1758
  • Acca venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Neptis venilia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hamadryas moorei Macleay, 1866
  • Neptis mortifacies Butler, 1875
  • Neptis ganina Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Acca obiana Swinhoe, 1904
  • Neptis anceps Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Neptis cyanifera Butler, 1878

The Cape York Aeroplane or Black-eyed Plane (Pantoporia venilia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Queensland, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are black with a large white patch in the middle and an arc of white spots along the edge of each wing.

Larvae have been found on Lepidopetalum subdichotomum.

Subspecies

External identifiers for Pantoporia venilia
Encyclopedia of Life 165246
Also found in: Wikispecies


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