Amathusia masina


Amathusia masina, the rusty palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm It belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.

Description

Described as a new species of Amathusia characterised by the oval depression of the scent organ on the upper hindwing having an oval hair tuft near the base of space seven and a hair pencil. The ground colour is rich reddish brown and there are basal white stripes

Subspecies

A. m. masina BorneoA. m. malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 Peninsular Malaya, SumatraA. m. chtonia Fruhstorfer Bangka Island