Amathusia andamanensis

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Andaman palmking
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amathusia
Species:
A. andamanensis
Binomial name
Amathusia andamanensis

Amathusia andamanensis, the Andaman palmking, is an endemic butterfly found in India that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

Contents

The Andaman palmking was earlier considered as a subspecies of the palmking (Amathusia phidippus andamanica, Frühstorfer).

Distribution

The Andaman palmking is found in the Andaman Islands of India. [1]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported the butterfly as rare. [2]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Amathusia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society..

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