Amathuxidia

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.

Amathuxidia
Amathuxidia amythaon ottomana and Amathuxidia plateni suprema with related species in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Amathuxidia

Synonyms
  • Zeuxamathusia Staudinger, [1887]

Species
  • Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847) – koh-i-noor
  • Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994
  • Amathuxidia plateni (Staudinger, [1887]) – Platen's kohinoor

References
  1. "Amathuxidia Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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