Agatasa calydonia
| Glorious begum | |
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| Agatasa calydonia calydonia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Prothoini |
| Genus: | Agatasa |
| Species: | A. calydonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Agatasa calydonia (Hewitson, 1854) | |
Agatasa calydonia, the glorious begum, is a butterfly species found from southern Burma, through the Thai-Malay Peninsula, to Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines.[1] It is also found in India. It belongs to the leafwings (Charaxinae) in the Brush-footed butterflies family. Its genus, Agatasa, contains one additional species Agatasa chrysodonia from the Philippines.
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References
- Evans, W.H. (1932): The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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