Aemona amathusia

Yellow dryad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Aemona
Species:
A. amathusia
Binomial name
Aemona amathusia
(Hewitson, 1867)

Aemona amathusia, the yellow dryad,[1] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

Distribution

In South Asia the yellow dryad ranges from Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Manipur onto northern Myanmar.[2] It also occurs in Vietnam and western China.[1]

A related species, the white dryad (Aemona lena Atkinson), is found in South-East Asia.

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans wrote that it was rare in its Indian range.[2]

Cited references

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  1. ^ a b "Aemona Hewitson, 1868" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 131.


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