Prothoe franck

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

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]

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

References

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.