Thaumantis

Thaumantis
T. klugius lucipor
dark blue jungle glory
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus:
Hübner, [1826][1]
Synonyms
  • Nandogea Moore, 1894
  • Nandogea Moore, [1895]
  • Kringana Moore, [1895]

Thaumantis is a Southeast Asian genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. Its consists of large, showy butterflies with iridescent purplish blue bands on the dorsal wing surfaces.

Species

References

  1. ^ "Thaumantis Hübner, [1826]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms