Amathusia (butterfly)
Amathusia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Amathusiini |
Genus: | Amathusia Fabricius, 1807[1] |
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Amathusia is a genus of large forest 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.
Species[]
- Subgenus Amathusia
- Amathusia andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899
- Amathusia binghami Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Toxopeus, 1951
- Amathusia friderici Fruhstorfer, 1904
- Toxopeus, 1951
- Amathusia masina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
- Amathusia ochraceofusca Honrath, [1888]
- Toxopeus, 1951
- Westwood, 1848
- Amathusia perakana Honrath, [1888]
- Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Amathusia schoenbergi Honrath, [1888]
- Fruhstorfer, 1899
- Subgenus Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886
- Butler, 1870
References[]
- ^ "Amathusia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links[]
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Categories:
- Amathusia (butterfly)
- Nymphalidae genera
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
- Amathusiini
- Morphinae stubs