Euxanthe

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Euxanthe
Euxanthe eurinome
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Euxanthini
Rydon, 1971
Genus: Euxanthe
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Godartia Lucas, 1843
  • Anthora Doubleday, 1844
  • Hypomelaena Aurivillius, 1898

Euxanthe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Charaxinae.

Species

There 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)
  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Euxanthe


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