Amathuxidia, commonly known as the koh-i-noors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are large showy butterflies, brown with blue forewing bands and hindwing "tails". They range from Indochina to Sulawesi.
Species Amathuxidia amythaon (Doubleday, 1847) – koh-i-noor
Amathuxidia plateni (Staudinger, ) – Platen's koh-i-noor
See also Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994, later treated as a subspecies Amathuxidia amythaon morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994Li, H.Z., Liu, Z., Hou, Y.X., Li, J.L. & Huang, B.T. 2024. Revision of the taxonomic status of Amathuxidia morishitai from Hainan, China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Acta Ent. Mus. Nat. Pragae 64(1): 9-16.
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External links Images representing Amathuxidia at EOL Images representing Amathuxidia at BOLD