Amathuxidia
Amathuxidia | |
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Amathuxidia amythaon ottomana Butler and Amathuxidia plateni suprema Fruhstorfer figured with related species in Seitz | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Amathuxidia Staudinger, [1887][1] |
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Amathuxidia, commonly known as the koh-i-noors, is a genus of butterflies in the Nymphalidae family. They are large showy butterflies, brown with blue forewing bands and hindwing "tails." They range from Indochina to Sulawesi.
Species
- Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847) – Koh-i-noor
- Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994
- Amathuxidia plateni (Staudinger, [1887]) – Platen's Kohinoor
References
- ↑ Amathuxidia at funet.fi
External links
- images representing Amathuxidia at EOL
- images representing Amathuxidia at BOLD
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