Amathusia (butterfly)
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Amathusiini |
Genus: | Amathusia Fabricius, 1807[1] |
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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
- Subgenus Amathusia
- Amathusia andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899
- Amathusia binghami Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Amathusia duponti Toxopeus, 1951
- Amathusia friderici Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Amathusia lieftincki Toxopeus, 1951
- Amathusia masina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
- Amathusia ochraceofusca Honrath, [1888]
- Amathusia ochrotaenia Toxopeus, 1951
- Amathusia patalena Westwood, 1848
- Amathusia perakana Honrath, [1888]
- Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Amathusia schoenbergi Honrath, [1888]
- Amathusia taenia Fruhstorfer, 1899
- Subgenus Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886
- Amathusia virgata Butler, 1870
References
- ^ "Amathusia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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