Amathusia masina explained

Amathusia masina, the rusty palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm^[1] It belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.

Description

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 seven and a hair pencil. The ground colour is rich reddish brown and there are basal white stripes ^[2]

Subspecies

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/amathusia/ Funet
2. Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot