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Palm Kings
Amathusia
Amathusia is a genus of large forest butterflies with "wingtails" in the Nymphalidae family. They are known as the palmkings and the larvae feed on palms (Arecaceae). Amathusia ranges from the Andaman Islands to Sulawesi.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Palm King
speciesAmathusia phidippus
Amathusia virgata
speciesAmathusia virgata
Pale-haired Palmking
speciesAmathusia ochraceofusca
Travancore Palmking
speciesAmathusia travancorica
Bicolor-haired Palm King
speciesAmathusia friderici
Perak Palm King
speciesAmathusia perakana
Rusty Palmking
speciesAmathusia masina
scalling palmking
speciesAmathusia schoenbergi
Amathusia binghami
speciesAmathusia binghami
Amathusia taenia
speciesAmathusia taenia
Andaman Palmking
speciesAmathusia andamanensis
Amathusia gunneryi
speciesAmathusia gunneryi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125945.