Amathuxidia
Genus of brush-footed butterflies
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Amathuxidia, commonly known as the koh-i-noors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are large showy butterflies, brown with blue forewing bands and hindwing "tails". They range from Indochina to Sulawesi.
| Amathuxidia | |
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| Amathuxidia amythaon ottomana and Amathuxidia plateni suprema with related species in Seitz | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Morphinae |
| Tribe: | Amathusiini |
| Genus: | Amathuxidia Staudinger, [1887][1] |
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Species
- Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847) – koh-i-noor
- Amathuxidia plateni (Staudinger, [1887]) – Platen's koh-i-noor
See also Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994, later treated as a subspecies Amathuxidia amythaon morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994[2]
