Aemona amathusia

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Yellow Dryad
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Genus: Aemona
Species: A. amathusia
Binomial name
Aemona amathusia
(Hewitson , 1867)

The Yellow Dryad Aemona amathusia (Hewitson , 1867)[1] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

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[edit] Distribution

In South Asia the Yellow Dryad ranges from Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Manipur onto North Myanmar.[2] It also occurs in North and South Vietnam and western China.[1]

A related species, White Dryad Aemona lena Atkinson, is found in South-East Asea.

[edit] Status

Rare in its Indian range.[2]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Aemona genus.
  2. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, pg 131.

[edit] References

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. Gangtok, Sikkim.
  • Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] See also

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