Agatasa
Monotypic genus of brush-footed butterflies
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Agatasa is a butterfly genus in the brush-footed butterflies family (Nymphalidae). It is monotypic, containing only Agatasa calydonia, the glorious begum, which is found from southern Burma, through the Thai-Malay Peninsula, to Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines.[1]
| Glorious begum | |
|---|---|
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| Agatasa calydonia calydonia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Prothoini |
| Genus: | Agatasa Moore, [1899] |
| Species: | A. calydonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Agatasa calydonia (Hewitson, 1854) | |
