Amathusia (butterfly)

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Amathusia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Amathusia
Fabricius, 1807[1]
Synonyms
  • Moera Hübner, [1819]
  • Mitocerus Billberg, 1820
  • Thoraessa Westwood, [1850]
  • Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886
  • Ategana Stichel, 1906
  • Syntegana Stichel, 1906

Amathusia is a

butterflies with "wingtails" in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as the palmkings and the larvae feed on palms (Arecaceae). Amathusia ranges from the Andaman Islands to Sulawesi
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Species

References

  1. ^ "Amathusia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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