Amathusia andamanensis

Amathusia andamanensis, the Andaman palmking, is an endemic butterfly found in India that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

Andaman palmking
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A. andamanensis
Binomial name
Amathusia andamanensis

The Andaman palmking was earlier considered as a subspecies of the palmking (Amathusia phidippus andamanica, Frühstorfer).

Distribution

The Andaman palmking is found in the Andaman Islands of India.[1]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported the butterfly as rare.[2]

gollark: 109 or so.
gollark: Maybe of other fire dragons?
gollark: Raffle in maybe 10 minutes.
gollark: DragCave 2.0: go to real-world locations to catch eggs!
gollark: 10 hours until we all get invisiprizes!

See also

Notes

  1. "Amathusia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society..

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