Is a butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Tribe Browns, Satyrinae, a subfamily of the Brush-footed butterflies, Nymphalidae.

Description: Male: Males are typically distinguished by their umber brown undersides. Forewing with the costal margin narrowly fulvous (reddish brown) near apex, crossing towards the termen, forming an obscure preapical band joining a subterminal lunular band of the same colour.

Hindwing underside: Uniform, with a subterminal band as in the forewing but not lunular, straight.
Wingspan: 112–122 mm.

Foodplants: The caterpillars feed on coconut leaves. Coconut, Cocos nucifera.

Behavior: At least on Borneo but probably elsewhere too, adults like many Morphinae do not generally visit carrion or old fruit to drink liquids.

Distribution: This butterfly is widely distributed across parts of India, Myanmar, Indo China, Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand. It occurs in the Indonesian archipelago (Sundaland, Sulawesi. King island. Java, Bali, Sumatra. Nias. Bawean. Lombok. Natuna. Borneo. Palawan. Sulawesi and Banggai) and the Philippines (Bongao, Sanga Sanga, Tawitawi, Sibutu, Balabac, Negros, Mapun islands).

Amathusia is a genus of large forest butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are known as the palmkings and the larvae feed on palms (Arecaceae). Amathusia ranges from the Andaman Islands to Sulawesi.

Species:
Subgenus Amathusia
Amathusia andamanensis Fruhstorfer, 1899
Amathusia binghami Fruhstorfer, 1904
Amathusia duponti Toxopeus, 1951
Amathusia friderici Fruhstorfer, 1904
Amathusia lieftincki Toxopeus, 1951
Amathusia masina (Fruhstorfer, 1904)
Amathusia ochraceofusca Honrath, [1888]
Amathusia ochrotaenia Toxopeus, 1951
Amathusia patalena Westwood, 1848
Amathusia perakana Honrath, [1888]
Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Amathusia schoenbergi Honrath, [1888]
Amathusia taenia Fruhstorfer, 1899
Subgenus Pseudamathusia Honrath, 1886
Amathusia virgata Butler, 1870.

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World distribution:
Palmking, Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763).