Amathusia masina

Amathusia masina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Amathusia
Species:	A. masina
Binomial name
	Amathusia masina; Fruhstorfer, 1904

Amathusia masina, the rusty palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm ^[2] It belongs to the Satyrinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.

Description

Described as a new species of Amathusia characterised by the oval depression of the scent organ on the upper hindwing having an oval hair tuft near the base of space 7 and a hair pencil. The ground colour is rich reddish brown and there are basal white stripes ^[3]

Subspecies

A. m. masina Borneo
A. m. malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
A. m. chtonia Fruhstorfer Bangka Island

References

^ Fruhstorfer, H. 1904 Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 155 pdf
^ Funet
^ Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot ISBN 978-9839681055

[1] Fruhstorfer, H. 1904 Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 155 pdf

[2] Funet

[3] Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot ISBN 978-9839681055

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