Amathuxidia

Amathuxidia
Amathuxidia amythaon ottomana and Amathuxidia plateni suprema with related species in Seitz
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Amathuxidia
Staudinger, [1887]
Synonyms
  • Zeuxamathusia Staudinger, [1887]

Amathuxidia, commonly known as the koh-i-noors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are large showy butterflies, brown with blue forewing bands and hindwing "tails". They range from Indochina to Sulawesi.

Species

See also Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994, later treated as a subspecies Amathuxidia amythaon morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994

References

  1. ↑ "Amathuxidia Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Li, H.Z., Liu, Z., Hou, Y.X., Li, J.L. & Huang, B.T. 2024. Revision of the taxonomic status of Amathuxidia morishitai from Hainan, China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Acta Ent. Mus. Nat. Pragae 64(1): 9-16.