Euxanthe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Charaxinae.
Euxanthe | |
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Euxanthe eurinome | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Euxanthini Rydon, 1971 |
Genus: | Euxanthe Hübner, [1819] |
Synonyms | |
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Species
editThere are six species all found in Afrotropical forests. The popular name is forest queen.
- Subgenus Euxanthe Hübner, [1819]
- Euxanthe crossleyi (Ward, 1871)
- Euxanthe eurinome (Cramer, [1775])
- Euxanthe madagascariensis (Lucas, 1843)
- Euxanthe wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
- Subgenus Hypomelaena Aurivillius, [1898]
- Euxanthe tiberius Grose-Smith, 1889
- Euxanthe trajanus (Ward, 1871)
External links
edit- Media related to Euxanthe at Wikimedia Commons
- TOL
- "Euxanthe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Barcodes of Life Images
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 29