Amenia leonina
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Calliphoridae
- Genus: Amenia
- Species: Amenia leonina
Visual Description
Amenia leonina is a species of blowfly characterized by a metallic, often iridescent appearance. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that individuals typically exhibit a robust, fly-like body form with distinct metallic coloration, often featuring shades of green or blue on the thorax and abdomen.[1] The abdomen often displays a patterned appearance, which is a common trait among members of the genus Amenia.
Biology and Classification
Amenia leonina was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 as Musca leonina.[2] It is an accepted species within the family Calliphoridae.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Calliphoridae / Amenia / leonina constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Amenia leonina (Fabricius, 1775). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1504415. Accessed 2026-07-14.