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Amathusia (butterfly)

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Amathusia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Amathusia
Fabricius, 1807[1]
Synonyms
  • Moera Hübner, [1819]
  • Mitocerus Billberg, 1820
  • Thoraessa Westwood, [1850]
  • Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886
  • Ategana Stichel, 1906
  • Syntegana Stichel, 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

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