Amathuxidia
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Amathuxidia amythaon ottomana and Amathuxidia plateni suprema with related species in Seitz | |
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Genus: | Amathuxidia Staudinger, [1887][1]
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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) – koh-i-noor
- Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994
- Amathuxidia plateni (Staudinger, [1887]) – Platen's kohinoor
References
- ^ "Amathuxidia Staudinger, [1887]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
- Images representing Amathuxidia at EOL
- Images representing Amathuxidia at BOLDError: "Q4740607" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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