Amathusia (butterfly)

Amathusia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
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 genus of large forest butterflies with "wingtails" in the Nymphalidae family. 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
- 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

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