Phalanta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Vagrantini
Genus: Phalanta
Species: P. alcippe – P. eurytis – P. madagascariensis – P. phalantha – P. philiberti
Name

Phalanta Horsfield, 1829

Type species: Papilio phalantha Drury, 1773
Synonyms

Atella Doubleday, [1847], TS: Atella eurytis Doubleday, [1847]
Atella Doubleday, [1848]
Albericia Dufrane, 1945, TS: Albericia gomensis Dufrane, 1945

Vernacular names
中文: 琺蛺蝶屬

Phalanta is a genus of butterflies, called leopards, in the family Nymphalidae. The genus ranges from Africa to northern Australia.
Species

Phalanta alcippe (Stoll, [1782]) – small leopard
Phalanta eurytis (Doubleday, [1847]) – forest leopard, forest leopard fritillary, or African leopard fritillary
Phalanta phalantha (Drury, [1773]) – common leopard or spotted rustic
Phalanta madagascariensis (Mabille, 1887)
Phalanta philiberti (de Joannis, 1893)
Phalanta gomensis (Dufrane, 1945)

External links

"Phalanta Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Images representing Phalanta at Consortium for the Barcode of Life