Amathusia (butterfly)

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Amathusia
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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.

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References

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