Thaumantis

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Thaumantis
T. klugius lucipor
dark blue jungle glory
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Satyrinae
Genus:
Thaumantis

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

  • Thaumantis diores Doubleday, 1845 – jungle glory
  • Thaumantis klugius (Zinken, 1831) – dark blue jungle glory
  • Thaumantis noureddin Westwood, 1851
  • Thaumantis odana (Godart, [1824])

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thaumantis.
Wikispecies has information related to Thaumantis.
  1. ^ "Thaumantis Hübner, [1826]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Images representing Thaumantis at EOL
  • Images representing Thaumantis at BOLD
Taxon identifiers
Thaumantis


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