Amathusiini

Amathusiini
Zeuxidia aurelius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Morphinae
Tribe:	Amathusiini
Genera
15, see text
Synonyms
Amathusiinae

Amathusiini is a tribe of the nymphalid butterfly subfamily Morphinae. They are large butterflies. They are sometimes treated as a distinct subfamily Amathusiinae.

Genera and selected species

• Aemona
  • Aemona amathusia – Yellow Dryad
  • Aemona lena – White Dryad
• Amathusia
  • Amathusia andamanensis – Andaman Palmking
  • Amathusia phidippus – Palmking
• Amathuxidia
  • Amathuxidia amythaon – Koh-i-noor
• Discophora
  • Discophora deo – Banded Duffer
  • Discophora lepida – Southern Duffer
  • Discophora sondaica – Common Duffer
  • Discophora timora – Great Duffer
• Enispe
  • Enispe euthymius – Red Caliph
  • Enispe cycnus – Blue Caliph
  • Enispe intermedia
• Faunis
• Melanocyma
• Morphopsis
• Stichophthalma
  • Stichophthalma camadeva – Northern Jungle Queen
  • Stichophthalma nourmahal – Chocolate Jungle Queen
  • Stichophthalma sparta – Manipur Jungle Queen
• Taenaris
• Thaumantis
  • Thaumantis diores – Jungle Glory
• Thauria
  • Thauria aliris – Tufted Jungleking
  • Thauria lathyi – Jungleking
• Xanthotaenia
• Zeuxidia

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amathusiini.

• Pteron. In Japanese but the excellent images are accompanied by correct binomial names.