Biology:Amathusia (butterfly)

Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Amathusia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Amathusiini
Genus:	Amathusia Fabricius, 1807
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 family Nymphalidae. 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

External links

• Images representing Amathusia at EOL

Wikidata ☰ Q4740606 entry