Amathusiini

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
Genera: Aemona - Amathusia - Amathuxidia – Clerome – Discophora – Enispe - Faunis - Hyantis – Melanocyma – Morphopsis – Stichophthalma – Taenaris – Thaumantis – Thauria – Xanthotaenia – Zeuxidia

Name

Amathusiini Moore, 1894
References
Primary references
Additional references

Beccaloni, G.W., Scoble, M.J., Robinson, G.S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex).[1] (accessed 04/06/2006)
Penz, C.M. 2021. Phylogeny of Amathusiini butterflies based on adult morphology (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa 5067(2): 151–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.2.1. Paywall. Reference page.
Saitoh, T., 2003: A new subspecies of Melanocyma faunula (WESTWOOD, 1850) from S. E. Thailand (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae). Futao 46: 6–7.

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