Amathuxidia
Amathuxidia amythaon ottomana and Amathuxidia plateni suprema with related species in Seitz
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Amathuxidia

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

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

References

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


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