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Amathusiini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Morphinae

Rank
  
Tribe

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Higher classification
  
Morphinae

Amathusiini

Similar
  
Butterfly, Nymphalidae, Discophora sondaica, Insect, Stichophthalma howqua

Amathusiini is a tribe of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Morphinae. They are large butterflies. They are sometimes treated as a distinct subfamily Amathusiinae or family Amathusiidae.

Genera and selected species

  • Aemona
  • Aemona amathusia – Yellow dryad
  • Aemona lena – White dryad
  • Amathusia
  • Amathusia andamanensis – Andaman palmking
  • Amathusia phidippus – Palmking
  • Amathuxidia
  • Amathuxidia amythaon – Koh-i-noor
  • Discophora
  • Discophora deo – Banded duffer
  • Discophora lepida – Southern duffer
  • Discophora sondaica – Common duffer
  • Discophora timora – Great duffer
  • Enispe
  • Enispe euthymius – Red caliph
  • Enispe cycnus – Blue caliph
  • Enispe intermedia
  • Faunis
  • Melanocyma
  • Morphopsis
  • Stichophthalma
  • Stichophthalma camadeva – Northern jungle queen
  • Stichophthalma nourmahal – Chocolate jungle queen
  • Stichophthalma sparta – Manipur jungle queen
  • Taenaris
  • Thaumantis
  • Thaumantis diores – Jungle glory
  • Thauria
  • Thauria aliris – Tufted jungleking
  • Thauria lathyi – Jungleking
  • Xanthotaenia
  • Zeuxidia

    • References

    Amathusiini Wikipedia
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