Amnosia

Amnosia
Amnosia decora feeding on exuding sap in company of a snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Pseudergolinae
Genus: Amnosia
Doubleday, 1849
Species:
A. decora
Binomial name
Amnosia decora
Doubleday, [1849] [1]

Amnosia decora, the Ninja, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Pseudergolinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It is the sole member of the monotypic genus Amnosia.

Subspecies

  • Amnosia decora decora
  • Amnosia decora baluana Fruhstorfer, 1894 Borneo
  • Amnosia decora petronia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Borneo
  • Amnosia decora martini Honrath, 1892 Borneo
  • Amnosia decora endamia Grose-Smith Sumatra
  • Amnosia decora decorina Fruhstorfer, 1894 Nias
  • Amnosia decora perakana Fruhstorfer, 1908 Peninsular Malaya

Biology

Amnosia decora is found in lowland rain forest.

References

  1. ^ Doubleday, H. [1849] The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson London
  2. ^ Funet
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