Aemona amathusia explained

Aemona amathusia, the yellow dryad,[1] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.

Distribution

In South Asia the yellow dryad ranges from Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Manipur onto northern Myanmar.[2] It also occurs in Vietnam and western China.[1]

A related species, the white dryad (Aemona lena Atkinson), is found in South-East Asia.

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans wrote that it was rare in its Indian range.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/aemona/ "Aemona Hewitson, 1868"
  2. Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 131 .