| Andaman Palmking | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amathusia |
| Species: | A. andamanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Amathusia andamanensis Frühstorfer, 1899 |
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The Andaman Palmking Amathusia andamanensis Frühstorfer, 1899[1] is an endemic butterfly found in India that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
The Andaman Palmking was earlier considered as a subspecies of the Palmking', i.e. Amathusia phidippus andamanica, Frühstorfer.
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The Andaman Palmking is found in the Andaman islands of India.[1]
Evans reports the butterfly as Rare.[2]