Xanthotaenia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae.[2] Its single species is Xanthotaenia busiris, the yellow-banded nymph. They can be identified by a yellow strip along their forewings.[3]
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| Xanthotaenia busiris burra, Borneo, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Amathusiini |
| Genus: | Xanthotaenia Westwood, 1858[1] |
| Species: | X. busiris
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthotaenia busiris (Westwood, 1858)
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Behavior
editThe larvae feed on Calamus, while adults spend most of their lives at ground level usually near ginger, around Faunis canens butterflies. In Peninsular Malaysia, eggs were found and larvae were reared on ginger. It is semi-crepuscular in behavior.
Distribution
editThe Xanthotaenia are primarily found around Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, in tropical rainforests at elevations between 100–300 m.
Subspecies
edit- Xanthotaenia busiris busiris (southern Burma: Teanasserim, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra)
- Xanthotaenia busiris burra Stichel, 1906 (Borneo, Natuna Islands)
- Xanthotaenia busiris obscura Butler, 1883 (Nias)
- Xanthotaenia busiris polychroma Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai)
References
edit- ^ "Xanthotaenia Westwood, 1858" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Xanthotaenia busiris". animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Xanthotaenia busiris". tolweb.org. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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