Amathusia masina

Amathusia masina, the rusty palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm [2] It belongs to the Satyrinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.

Amathusia masina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Amathusia
Species:
A. masina
Binomial name
Amathusia masina

Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Described as a new species of Amathusia characterised by the oval depression of the scent organ on the upper hindwing having an oval hair tuft near the base of space 7 and a hair pencil. The ground colour is rich reddish brown and there are basal white stripes [3]

Subspecies
  • A. m. masina Borneo
  • A. m. malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
  • A. m. chtonia Fruhstorfer Bangka Island

References
  1. Fruhstorfer, H. 1904 Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1): 155 pdf
  2. Funet
  3. Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot ISBN 978-9839681055
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