Magpie (butterfly)

{{Short description|Brush-footed butterfly genus and its sole species}}

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| name = Magpie

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| status = LR/nt

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Protoploea apatela

| parent_authority = Ackery & Vane-Wright, 1984

| authority = (Joicey & Talbot, 1925)

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Lepidoptera Specialist Group |date=1996 |title=Protoploea apatela |volume=1996 |page=e.T18380A8179258 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18380A8179258.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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Protoploea apatela, the magpie, is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily.

It is monotypic within the genus Protoploea.Ackery PR, and Vane-Wright RI. (1984). Milkweed butterflies. British Museum (Natural History), London.