Charaxes amycus

Charaxes amycus
	Figure 2 as Charaxes lunawara
	Charaxes amycus bayani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Charaxes
Species:	C. amycus
Binomial name
	Charaxes amycus; C. & R. Felder, 1861
Synonyms
	Charaxes georgius Staudinger, 1892; Charaxes lunawara Butler, 1872;

Charaxes amycus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1861. It is endemic to the Philippines in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Description

Charaxes amycus is a large butterfly (wingspan 60– 68 mm.) The upperside ground colour is coppery rufous. There is a broad brown marginal band on the forewings and two tails on each hindwing.

Subspecies

C. a. amycus (Philippines: Luzon)
C. a. georgius Staudinger, 1892 (Philippines: Mindoro)
C. a. carolus Rothschild, 1900 (Philippines: Mindanao, Camiguin de Mindanao)
C. a. myron Fruhstorfer, 1914 (Philippines: Polillo, Guimaras)
C. a. negrosensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Negros)
C. a. bayani Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Marinduque)
C. a. theobaldo Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 (Philippines: Panay)
C. a. marion Schröder & Treadaway, 1981 (Philippines: Sibuyan, Romblon Group)

References

^ C. & R. Felder, 1861 Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (1) Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 5 (10): 297-306
^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links

Charaxes Ochsenheimer, 1816 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] C. & R. Felder, 1861 Lepidoptera nova a Dr. Carolo Semper in Insulis Philippinis collecta diagnosibus. (1) Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 5 (10): 297-306

[2] Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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