Amnosia decora
Amnosia decora feeding on exuding sap in company of a snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Amnosia
Species:
A. decora
Binomial name
Amnosia decora
Doubleday, [1849] [1]

Amnosia decora, the Ninja, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Pseudergolinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is the sole member of the monotypic genus Amnosia.

Subspecies

  • A. d. decora
  • A. d. baluana Fruhstorfer, 1894 Borneo
  • A. d. petronia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Borneo
  • A. d. martini Honrath, 1892 Borneo
  • A. d. endamia Grose-Smith Sumatra
  • A. d. decorina Fruhstorfer, 1894 Nias
  • A. d. perakana Fruhstorfer, 1908 Peninsular Malaya

Biology

A. decora is found in lowland rain forest.

References

  1. ↑ Doubleday, H. [1849] The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson London
  2. ↑ Funet


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