Amathuxidia

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: Amathuxidia
Species (18): A. amythaon – A. annamensis – A. coerulilata – A. dilucida – A. iamos – A. insularis – A. lucida – A. negrosensis – A. octacilia – A. ottomana – A. perinthas – A. philippina – A. plateni – A. porthaon – A. portheus – A. pylaon – A. suprema – A. westwoodi
Name

Amathuxidia Staudinger, 1887
References

Hanafusa, H. 1993. A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (1). Futao 11: 1–13. Reference page.
Hanafusa, H., 1993: New butterflies from Indonesia ((Lep.: Satyridae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Hesperiidae). Futao 11: 14–17.
Hanafusa, H. 1994: Ten new butterflies from Indonesia and Laos (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Satyridae, Nymphalidae). Futao 16: 16–20.
Saitoh, T. 1998. A new subspecies of Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday,1847) from Langkawi Is., Malaysia (Lepidoptera : Amathusiidae). Futao 29: 2-4. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 交脈環蝶屬

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