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Amathuxidia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Amathuxidia amythaon, Butterflies and moths, Thauria aliris, Thauria, Thaumantis

Amathuxidia, commonly known as the koh-i-noors, is a genus of butterflies in the Nymphalidae family. They are large showy butterflies, brown with blue forewing bands and hindwing "tails." They range from Indochina to Sulawesi.

Species

  • Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847) – Koh-i-noor
  • Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994
  • Amathuxidia plateni (Staudinger, [1887]) – Platen's Kohinoor
  • References

    Amathuxidia Wikipedia