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Amathusia Fabricius, 1807

Palm Kings
Amathusia Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 279, TS: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus
Moera Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (4): 51, TS: Papilio phidippus Linneaus
Mitocerus Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 79 (unn. repl. Amathusia Fabricius, 1807), TS: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus
Thoraessa Westwood, [1850]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 326, TS: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus
Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 91, TS: Pseudamathusia ribbei Honrath
Ategana Stichel, 1906; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 36 : 10, TS: Papilio phidippus Linnaeus
Syntegana Stichel, 1906; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 36 : 12, TS: Amathusia virgata Butler
Amathusia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Amathusia (Amathusiini) ; [BMP]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 169; [Wahlberg]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 5

Amathusia binghami Fruhstorfer, 1904

Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra. See [About maps] Amathusia phidippus binghami Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 154 (nom. nov.), TL: Perak, Mergui Arch.
Amathusia binghami ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 137, f. 3]; [BOR, 500]; [BMP: 141, pl. 19, f. 4]

Amathusia duponti Toxopeus, 1951

Java. See [About maps] Amathusia duponti Toxopeus, 1951; Idea 9: 17
Amathusia duponti ; [EBW, (name only)]

Amathusia lieftincki Toxopeus, 1951

Java. See [About maps] Amathusia lieftincki Toxopeus, 1951; Idea 9: 18
Amathusia rosieri Toxopeus, 1951; Idea 9: 18
Amathusia lieftincki ; [EBW, (name only)]

Amathusia masina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)

Borneo. See [About maps] Pseudamathusia masina Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 155, TL: SE.Borneo
Amathusia masina ; [BOW: pl. 137, f. 4]; [BOR, 502]

A. m. masina

Borneo Amathusia masina masina ; [BOR, 502]

A. m. malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936

Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra Amathusia malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (1): 152, pl. 4, f. 4
Amathusia masina malaya, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Amathusia masina malaya ; [BOR, 502]; [BMP: 141, pl. 19, f. 9-10]

A. m. chtonia Fruhstorfer²

Bangka I. Amathusia masina chtonia ; [BOR, 502]

Amathusia ochrotaenia Toxopeus, 1951

Sumatra. See [About maps] Amathusia ochrotaenia Toxopeus, 1951; Idea 9: 30
Amathusia fruhstorferi Toxopeus, 1951; Idea 9: 30
Amathusia ochrotaenia ; [EBW, (name only)]

Amathusia perakana Honrath, [1888]

Malaya. See [About maps] Amathusia phidippus var. perakana Honrath, [1888]; Berl. ent. Z. 31 (2) : 348, pl. 6, f. 2, TL: Larut, Perak (Malacca)
Amathusia perakana ; [BOW: pl. 137, f. 5]; [BOR, 502]

A. p. perakana

Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra Amathusia perakana perakana ; [BOR, 502]; [BMP: 141, pl. 19, f. 11-12]

A. p. staudingeri Röber, 1900

Borneo Amathusia staudingeri Röber, 1900; Ent. Nachr. 26 (13) : 202, TL: Borneo
Amathusia perakana staudingeri ; [BOR, 502]

A. p. natuna Fruhstorfer, 1904

Natuna Is. Amathusia perakana natuna Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 153, TL: Natuna I.
Amathusia perakana natuna ; [BOR, 502]

Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763)

Burma - Indo China, Malaya, Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Palmking
Papilio phidippus Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad., 6: 402
Amathusia phidippus, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Amathusia phidippus phidippus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Amathusia phidippus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 137, f. 6]; [BOR, 500]
Amathusia (Amathusia) phidippus ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 169

identification uncertain 769x513 (~91Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

Larva on ("Palms") [BIR] Bosassus, Cocos, Elaeis, Musa Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 169

A. p. phidippus

Java, ?Bali, Philippines (Bongao, Sanga Sanga, Tawitawi, Sibutu, Balabac) Amathusia phidippus phidippus ; [BMP: 140, pl. 19, f. 1]; [BOR, 500 (note)]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 5, pl. 11, f. 1-4

586x839 (~186Kb) Thailand, Phuket, Kathu Waterfalls, 25th February 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

A. p. negrosensis Okano & Okano, 1986

Philippines (Negros) Amathusia phidippus negrosensis ; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 5, pl. 11, f. 5-6, pl. 12, f. 1-2

A. p. phidippus f. chersias Fruhstorfer, 1911

King I. Amathusia chersias Fruhstorfer, 1911; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 427, pl. 103
?Amathusia phidippus chersia ; [BOR, 501, f.]
Amathusia phidippus phidippus f. chersias ; [BMP: 140, pl. 19, f. 2]

A. p. phidippus f. gunneryi Pendlebury, 1936

Peninsular Malaya Amathusia gunnerui Pendlebury, 1936; in Corbet & Pendlebury, J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (1): 146, pl. 4, f. 5, 6
Amathusia gunneryi ; [EBW, (name only)]; [BOR, 500]
Amathusia phidippus phidippus f. gunneryi ; [BMP: 140, pl. 19, f. 3]

A. p. adustatus Fruhstorfer, 1904

Thailand, Burma Amathusia phidippus adustatus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 152, TL: Siam, Bangkok
Amathusia phidippus adustatus ; [BOR, 500 (note)]

1204x1177 (~220Kb) underside Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, the headquarters, attracted by light, 4th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

A. p. eutropius Fruhstorfer, 1911²

Sumatra phidippus eutropius Fruhstorfer, 1911²; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 427
Amathusia phidippus eutropius ; [BOR, 500 (note)]

A. p. niasana Fruhstorfer, 1899

Nias Amathusia phidippus niasana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Soc. Ent. 14 (1) : 2, TL: Nias
Amathusia phidippus niasana Fruhstorfer, 1899; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 (1) : 71, TL: Nias
Amathusia phidippus niasana ; [BOR, 500 (note)]

A. p. baweanicus Fruhstorfer, 1905

Bawean Amathusia phidippus baweanicus Fruhstorfer, 1905; Soc. Ent. 20 (17) : 129, TL: Bawean
Amathusia phidippus baweanica Fruhstorfer²; [BOR, 500 (note)]

A. p. lombokiana Fruhstorfer, 1905

Lombok Amathusia phidippus lombokiana Fruhstorfer, 1905; Soc. Ent. 20 (17) : 130, TL: Lombok
Amathusia phidippus lombokiana ; [BOR, 500 (note)]

A. p. coriotincta Stichel, 1906

Natuna Amathusia phidippus phidippus f. coriotincta Stichel, 1906; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 36 : 11, TL: Natuna I.
Amathusia phidippus coretincta; [BOR, 500 (note)]

A. p. dilutus Fruhstorfer, 1904

Borneo Amathusia phidippus dilutus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 152, TL: Borneo
Amathusia phidippus dilutus ; [BOR, 500 (note)]

A. p. palawanus Fruhstorfer, 1904

Palawan Amathusia phidippus palawanus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 154, TL: Palawan
Amathusia phidippus palawana ; [BOR, 500 (note)]

A. p. pollicaris Butler, 1870

Philippines Amathusia pollicaris Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 485, TL: Luzon, Philippine Islands
Amathusia phidippus cebuensis Okano & Okano, 1986; , TL: Cebu

= ; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 5

Amathusia phidippus pollicaris ; [BOR, 500 (note)]; Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005, Butterflies of the world, 20: 5, pl. 12, f. 3-6, pl. 13, f. 1-6, pl. 14, f. 1-2

A. p. gabrieljiroi Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005

Philippines (Mapun Is.) Amathusia phidippus gabrieljiroi Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005; Butterflies of the world, 20: 5, pl. 14, f. 3-5, TL: Philippines, Mapun Is.

A. p. celebensis Fruhstorfer, 1899

Sulawesi, Talisei, Banggai Amathusia phidippus celebensis Fruhstorfer, 1899; Soc. Ent. 14 (1) : 2, TL: Toli-Toli
Amathusia phidippus celebensis Fruhstorfer, 1899; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 (1) : 72, TL: Toli-Toli
Amathusia phidippus celebensis ; [BOR, 500 (note)]
Amathusia (Amathusia) phidippus celebensis ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 170

A. p. kuhni Röber, 1900

Banggai Amathusia kuhni Röber, 1900
Amathusia kühni Röber, 1900; Ent. Nachr. 26 (13) : 201, TL: Banggai
Amathusia phidippus kuhni ; [BOR, 500 (note)]

Amathusia schoenbergi Honrath, [1888]

Sumatra. See [About maps] Amathusia schönbergi Honrath, [1888]; Berl. ent. Z. 31 (2) : 347, pl. 6, f. 1, TL: Perak (Malacca)
Amathusia schoenbergi, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Amathusia schoenbergi ; [BMP: 141, pl. 62, f. 1]; [BOR, 502]

A. s. schoenbergi

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya Amathusia schoenbergi schoenbergi ; [BOR, 502]

A. s. borneensis Fruhstorfer, 1899

Borneo Amathusia schönbergi borneensis Fruhstorfer, 1899; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 (1) : 72, TL: Bandjermasin, S.Borneo
Amathusia schoenbergi borneensis ; [BOR, 502]

Amathusia friderici Fruhstorfer, 1904

-. See [About maps] Amathusia phidippus friderici Fruhstorfer, 1904; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 153, TL: Tenasserim
Amathusia friderici ; [BOR, 500]

A. f. friderici

C.Burma - Tenasserim Amathusia friderici friderici ; [BOR, 500]

A. f. holmanhunti Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936

Peninsular Malaya Amathusia holmanhunti Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (1): 150, pl. 5, f. 2-4
Amathusia friderici holmanhunti ; [BOR, 500]

A. f. holmanhunti f. utana Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936

Peninsular Malaya, ?Sumatra, ?Java Amathusia utana Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936; J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (1): 149, pl. 5, f. 5-6
Amathusia utana ; [BOR, 500]
Amathusia friderici holmanhunti f. utana ; [BMP: 141, pl. 19, f. 7-8]

Amathusia ochraceofusca Honrath, [1888]

-. See [About maps] Amathusia ochraceofusca Honrath, [1888]; Berl. ent. Z. 31 (2) : 348, TL: Perak (Malacca)
Amathusia ochraceofusca, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Amathusia ochraceofusca ; [BOR, 502]

A. o. ochraceofusca

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya Amathusia ochraceofusca ochraceofusca ; [BOR, 502]; [BMP: 141, pl. 19, f. 5-6]

A. o. gabriela Fruhstorfer, 1905

Borneo Amathusia ochraceofusca gabriela Fruhstorfer, 1905; Soc. Ent. 20 (17) : 130, TL: SE.Borneo
Amathusia ochraceofusca gabriela ; [BOR, 502]

Amathusia taenia Fruhstorfer, 1899

-. See [About maps] Amathusia taenia Fruhstorfer, 1899; Soc. Ent. 14 (1) : 3
Amathusia taenia Fruhstorfer, 1899; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 (1) : 73
Amathusia taenia ; [BOR, 502]
Amathusia perakana taenia ; [NHM]

A. t. taenia

Java, ?Bali Amathusia taenia taenia ; [BOR, 502]

A. t. orasis Fruhstorfer, 1905

Lombok Amathusia phidippus lombokiana f. orasis Fruhstorfer, 1905; Soc. Ent. 20 (17) : 130, TL: Lombok
Amathusia taenia orasis ; [BOR, 502]

A. t. incisa Fruhstorfer, 1905

Bawean Amathusia phidippus(?) f. incisa Fruhstorfer, 1905; Soc. Ent. 20 (17) : 130, TL: Bawean
Amathusia perakana incisa ; [NHM]
Amathusia taenia incisa ; [BOR, 502]

Amathusia virgata Butler, 1870

-. See [About maps] Honrath's Palmking
Amathusia virgata Butler, 1870; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 486, TL: near Macassar, Celebes
Pseudamathusia ribbei Honrath, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 91, pl. 3, f. 1, TL: S.Celebes
Amathusia virgata ; [BOW: pl. 137, f. 4 (text only)]; [BOR, 504]
Amathusia (Pseudamathusia) virgata ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 170

A. v. virgata

S.Sulawesi Amathusia virgata virgata ; [BOR, 504]
Amathusia (Pseudamathusia) virgata virgata ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 170

A. v. thoanthea Fruhstorfer, 1911²

Sulawesi virgata thoanthea Fruhstorfer, 1911²; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 431, TL: N.Celebes
Amathusia virgata thoanthea ; [BOR, 504]
Amathusia (Pseudamathusia) virgata thoanthea ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 170

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Olli Vesikko]

http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Butler, 1870

Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1870 (4) : 485-520

Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936

Revision of the Genus Amathusia with special Reference to the Malayan Species J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (1): 141-153, pl. 4-5

Westwood, [1850]

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

Fabricius, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

Fruhstorfer, 1899

Neue Amathusien Soc. Ent. 14 (1) : 2-3 (1 April)

Fruhstorfer, 1899

Neue Amathusien und Aufzählung der Bekannten Dt. ent. Z. Iris 12 (1) : 71-78 (15 September)

Fruhstorfer, 1904

Neue indo-australische Lepidopteren Dt. ent. Z. Iris 17 (1) : 133-157, fig. (5 October)

Fruhstorfer, 1905

Neue Amathusiinae Soc. Ent. 20 (17) : 129-130, fig. (1 December)

Fruhstorfer, 1911

5. Familie: Amathusiidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 403-408 (15 August, 1911), : 409-416 (20 August, 1911), : 417-432 (25 August, 1911), : 433-440 (30 August, 1911), : 441-448 (15 October, 1911), : 449-452 (31 January)

Honrath, 1886

Eine neue Morphine aus Celebes Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 91

Honrath, [1888]

Neue Rhopalocera (6) Berl. ent. Z. 31 (2) : 347-352, pl. 6

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1763

in Johansson (Thesis), Centuria Insectorum Amoenitates Acad., 6: -,(121) 384-415

Pendlebury, 1936

Revision of the Genus Amathusia with special Reference to the Malayan Species in Corbet & Pendlebury, J. fed. Malay St. Mus. 18 (1): 141-153, pls 4, 5

Röber, 1900

Neue Schmetterlinge Ent. Nachr. 26 (13) : 199-204

Schroeder & Treadaway, 2005

Nymphalidae IX, Amathusiini of the Philippine Islands Butterflies of the world, 20: 8pp, 24pls

Stichel, 1906

Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Fam. Nymphalide. Subfam. Amathusiinae in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 36 : 1-67, pl. 1-5

Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003

The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

Westwood, 1848

The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, being... Cabinet Orient. Ent.: [2] + 2 + 88pp, 42 pls (in parts)

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