Amathusia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Morphinae
Tribus: Amathusiini
Genus: Amathusia
Species: A. adustata – A. andamanensis – A. arrenopia – A. baweanica – A. binghami – A. borneensis – A. celebensis – A. chersias – A. chthonia – A. coriotincta – A. diluta – A. duponti – A. epidesma – A. eutropius – A. friderici – A. fruhstorferi – A. gabriela – A. gunneryi – A. incisa – A. kühni – A. lieftincki – A. lombokiana – A. majada – A. malaya – A. masina – A. melanops – A. natuna – A. niasana – A. ochraceofusca – A. ochrotaenia – A. oracsis – A. palawana – A. patalena – A. perakana – A. phidippus – A. pollicaris – A. retracta – A. retrograda – A. ribbei – A. rosieri – A. schönbergi – A. staudingeri – A. taenia – A. thoanthea – A. virgata
Name

Amathusia Fabricius, 1807.

Type species: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus.
Synonymy

Amathusia Fabricius, 1807 Mag. f. Insektenk. 6: 279.
Moera Hübner, [1819] Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 51, TS: Papilio phidippus Linneaus.
Mitocerus Billberg, 1820 Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb. : 79 (unn. repl. Amathusia Fabricius, 1807), TS: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus.
Thoraessa Westwood, [1850] Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 326, TS: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus.
Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886 Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 91, TS: Pseudamathusia ribbei Honrath.
Ategana Stichel, 1906 in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 36: 10, TS: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus.
Syntegana Stichel, 1906 in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 36: 12, TS: Amathusia virgata Butler.

References

Hanafusa, H. 1993. A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (1). Futao 11: 1–13. Reference page.
Okano, M. & T. Okano 1986: New or little known butterflies from the Visayan Islands, the Philippines (1). Artes Liberales 38: 105–114.

Amathusia is a genus of large forest butterflies with "wingtails" in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as the palmkings and the larvae feed on palms (Arecaceae). Amathusia ranges from the Andaman Islands to Sulawesi.
Species

Subgenus Amathusia
Amathusia andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899
Amathusia binghami Fruhstorfer, 1904
Amathusia duponti Toxopeus, 1951
Amathusia friderici Fruhstorfer, 1904
Amathusia lieftincki Toxopeus, 1951
Amathusia masina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
Amathusia ochraceofusca Honrath, [1888]
Amathusia ochrotaenia Toxopeus, 1951
Amathusia patalena Westwood, 1848
Amathusia perakana Honrath, [1888]
Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Amathusia schoenbergi Honrath, [1888]
Amathusia taenia Fruhstorfer, 1899
Subgenus Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886
Amathusia virgata Butler, 1870

References

"Amathusia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms