Amathuxidia

Amathuxidia
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]
Synonyms
  • Zeuxamathusia Staudinger, [1887]

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

References

  1. Amathuxidia at funet.fi

External links

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