Aemona (butterfly)

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Aemona

Hewitson, 1868 [1]

Aemona is a genus of nymphalid butterflies from Southeast Asia, they are large yellow-brown butterflies resembling dead leaves. The wing apex is acute.

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References

  1. "Aemona Hewitson, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms