Amathusia masina, the rusty palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm[2] It belongs to the Morphinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Amathusia |
| Species: | A. masina
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| Binomial name | |
| Amathusia masina Fruhstorfer, 1904[1]
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Description
editDescribed 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 [3]
Subspecies
edit- A. m. masina Borneo
- A. m. malaya Corbet & Pendlebury, 1936 Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
- A. m. chtonia Fruhstorfer Bangka Island
References
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