Amathusia (butterfly)

Amathusia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Amathusiini
Genus:	Amathusia Fabricius, 1807 [1]
Synonyms
MoeraHübner, [1819] MitocerusBillberg, 1820 ThoraessaWestwood, [1850] PseudamathusiaHonrath, 1886 AteganaStichel, 1906 SynteganaStichel, 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 PseudamathusiaHonrath, 1886
  • Amathusia virgata Butler, 1870

References

1. "Amathusia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

• Images representing Amathusia at EOL