Butterfly : Palm King/ Amathusia phidippus phidippus from Rejang Land

The Palmking (Amathusia phidippus) It belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the Brush-footed butterflies.

Scienfific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthopoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidotera
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Morphinae
Tribe:	Amathusiini
Genus:	Amathusia
Species:	A. phidippus phidippus

Image Location: Talang Rimbo Lama Village, Middle Curup District, Rejang Lebong Regency References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathusia_phidippus
2. http://www.sgbug.org/butterflies/spc_info.php?spc_id=62
3. http://mitmig.web-log.nl/fotografie/2007/04/vlinder_butterf.html
4. http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/amathusia/index.html#phidippus%20adustatus

March 09, 2009