Prothoe australis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1831. It is found in the Australasian realm.Seitz provides a description. Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 715-6 pdf pls 1–175.pdf
Subspecies P. a. australis (Waigeu, Misool) P. a. mulderi (Vollenhoven, 1863) (Batchian, Halmahera) P. a. westwoodi Wallace, 1869 (Aru) P. a. hewitsoni Wallace, 1869 (Irian Jaya) P. a. layardi Godman & Salvin, 1882 (New Ireland) P. a. schulzi Ribbe, 1898 (New Britain) P. a. mafalda Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Papua) P. a. menodora Fruhstorfer, 1906 (British New Guinea) P. a. decolorata Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Misool) P. a. satgeii Joicey & Noakes, 1915 (Biak)
References
External links
"Prothoe Hübner, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms