Amathusia masina

Amathusia masina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Amathusia
Species:
A. masina
Binomial name
Amathusia masina

Amathusia masina, the rusty palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm[2] It belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.

Description

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Described as a new species of Amathusia characterised by the oval depression of the scent organ on the upper hindwing having an oval hair tuft near the base of space seven and a hair pencil. The ground colour is rich reddish brown and there are basal white stripes [3]

Subspecies

  • A. m. masina Borneo
  • A. m. malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
  • A. m. chtonia Fruhstorfer Bangka Island

References

  1. ^ Fruhstorfer, H. 1904 Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris 17 (1): 155 pdf
  2. ^ Funet
  3. ^ Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot ISBN 978-9839681055


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