Yellow Dryad | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
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.
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.
Rare in its Indian range.[2]