Athyma cama

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Orange Staff Sergeant
Female upperside. From Seitz.
Female upperside. From Seitz.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropod
Class: Insect
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Athyma
Species: A. cama
Binomial name
Athyma cama
(Moore, 1858)[verification needed]

The Orange Staff Sergeant (Athyma cama) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in tropical and subtropical Asia.

[edit] References

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

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