Pantoporia venilia Linnaeus 1758

Pantoporia venilia, the Cape York aeroplane or black-eyed plane, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Australia (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

• Pantoporia venilia venilia (Ambon, Serang, Geser, Banda Islands)
• Pantoporia venilia evanescens (Staudinger, 1888) (Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, Ternate)
• Pantoporia venilia godelewa (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Buru)
• Pantoporia venilia tadema (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Waigeu, Misool, Gebe Islands)
• Pantoporia venilia holargyrea (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Aru, Kai, Tanimbar)
• Pantoporia venilia pseudovenilia (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Roon Island, north-west West Irian)
• Pantoporia venilia anceps (Grose-Smith, 1894) (Jobi Island, West Irian)
• Pantoporia venilia cyanifera (Butler, 1878) (Papua, Yule Island)
• Pantoporia venilia glyceria (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Trobriand, Woodlark Island)
• Pantoporia venilia louisa Eliot, 1969 (Louisiade Archipelago)
• Pantoporia venilia dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Karkar Island)
• Pantoporia venilia albopunctata (Joicey & Noakes, 1915) (Biak, Noemfoor Island)
• Pantoporia venilia moorei (Macleay, 1866) (Cape York to Cairns)
• Pantoporia venilia novohannoverana (Pagenstecher, 1899) (Bismarck Archipelago)
• Pantoporia venilia mysolensis (Rothschild, 1915) (Misol)

Pantoporia venilia is een vlinder uit de onderfamilie Limenitidinae van de familie Nymphalidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1758 door Carl Linnaeus.