scalling palmking

Amathusia schoenbergi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Amathusia schoenbergi , the Scaling palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm It belongs to the Satyrinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies. Description Deep indentations at veins 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Male upper hindwing has a hair pencil (scent pencil-a dorsal glandular fold or oval shaped depression on the wing membrane covered by pencils of long hairs) .

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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scalling palmking

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