| Amathusia schoenbergi | |
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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. schoenbergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Amathusia schoenbergi Honrath, | |
Amathusia schoenbergi , the Scaling palmking, is a butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm It belongs to the Satyrinae, a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies.
Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.Deep indentations at veins 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Male upper hindwing has a hair pencil (scent pencil-a dorsal glandular fold or oval shaped depression on the wing membrane covered by pencils of long hairs) .
Subspecies
- A. s. schoenbergi Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya
- A. s. borneensis Fruhstorfer, 1899 Borneo
References
- Honrath, E. Berl. ent. Z. 31 (2): 347, pl. 6, f. 1 pdf
- Funet
- Corbet, A.S. and Pendlebury, H.M., 1993 The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Malaysian Nature Society; 4th edition revised by J.N. Eliot ISBN 978-9839681055
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| Amathusia schoenbergi | |