Amathusia masina, the rusty palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realmFunet 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 Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot
Subspecies A. m. masina Borneo A. m. malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra A. m. chtonia Fruhstorfer Bangka Island
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