Charaxes amycus
Figure 2 as Charaxes lunawara
Charaxes amycus bayani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Charaxes
Species:
C. amycus
Binomial name
Charaxes amycus
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

  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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