Parthenos aspila is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was discovered by Eduard Honrath in 1888. It is found throughout New Guinea.
Description
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized:
Parthenos aspila aspila (Fruhstorfer, 1916) - mainland New Guinea Parthenos aspila tenebrosa (Rothschild, 1915) - Dampier Island Parthenos aspila vulcanica (Rothschild, 1915) - Vulcan Island P. a. tenebrosa is differed from aspila as the rufous basal portion of the upperside of tenebrosa is suffused with green-black scales.
P. a. vulcanica is differed from aspila by the basal area being pale orange-rufous suffused with olive green and a whitish patch at the end of cell of forewing.
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