Biology:Agatasa

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Short description: Monotypic genus of brush-footed butterflies


Glorious begum
Agatasa calydonia calydonia
Scientific classification edit
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Moore, [1899]
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Binomial name
Agatasa calydonia
(Hewitson, 1854)

Agatasa is a butterfly genus in the brush-footed butterflies family (Nymphalidae). It is monotypic, containing only Agatasa calydonia, the glorious begum, which is found from southern Burma, through the Thai-Malay Peninsula, to Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines .[1]

References

  1. "Agatasa Moore, [1899]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1311178 entry