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Amathusia Fabricius 1807

the Palm Kings

Andrew V. Z. Brower

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Amathusia andamanensis
Amathusia binghami
Amathusia friderici
Amathusia masina
Amathusia ochraceofusca
Amathusia perakana
Amathusia phidippus
Amathusia schoenbergi
Amathusia taenia
Amathusia virgata

Containing group: Amathusiini

Introduction

A genus of large brown forest butterflies with "tails," ranging from the Andaman Islands to Sulawesi. Larvae feed on palms (Arecaceae).

Other Names for Amathusia Fabricius 1807

Thoraessa Westwood 1850 published in synonymy, also junior objective synonym of Amathusia
Moera Hübner 1819 junior objective synonym of Amathusia
Mitocerus Billberg 1820 unnecessary replacement name for and junior objective synonym of Amathusia
Pseudamathusia Honrath 1886 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Ategana Stichel 1906 junior objective synonym of Amathusia
Syntegana Stichel 1906 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Vernacular Names: the Palm Kings

References

Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

Information on the Internet

Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Amathusia

Title Illustrations

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Scientific Name	Amathusia phidippus
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Identified By	budak
Life Cycle Stage	adult
View	ventral
Source	palm-king
Source Collection	Flickr
Image Use	This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright	© 2007 budak

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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First online 09 November 2006
Content changed 16 November 2009

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