Amathusia andamanensis

Taxobox
name = Andaman Palmking


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
subfamilia = Morphinae
genus = "Amathusia"
species = "A. andamanensis"
binomial = "Amathusia andamanensis"
binomial_authority = Frühstorfer, 1899

The Andaman Palmking "Amathusia andamanensis" Frühstorfer, 1899Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/amathusia/index.html Page on "Amathusia" genus.] ] is an endemic butterfly found in India that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

The Andaman Palmking was earlier considered as a subspecies of the "Palmking"', i.e. "Amathusia phidippus andamanica", Frühstorfer.

Distribution

The Andaman Palmking is found in the Andaman islands of India.

tatus

Evans reports the butterfly as Rare.Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies.]

Cited references

References

* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. Gangtok, Sikkim.
* Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/index.html] .
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

External links

* [http://www.doylegroup.harvard.edu/~carlo/JRL/32/PDF/32-170.pdf Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Butterflies of conservation concern]

ee also

*Morphinae
*Nymphalidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
*List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)