Zeuxidia

Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Zeuxidia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Zeuxidia
Hübner, [1826]
Synonyms
  • Aglaura Herrich-Schäffer, 1849
  • Aglaura Westwood, 1851
  • Amaxidia Staudinger, 1887
  • Zeuxaltis Butler, 1897

Zeuxidia is a genus of very large butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are "leaf" butterflies with a cryptic ventral pattern. The genus is Indomalayan (Burma through Indochina and the Philippines to Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

Species

In alphabetical order:[1]

  • Zeuxidia amethystus Butler, 1865 - Saturn
  • Zeuxidia aurelius (Cramer, 1777) - giant Saturn
  • Zeuxidia dohrni Fruhstorfer, 1893
  • Zeuxidia doubledayi Westwood, 1851
  • Zeuxidia luxerii Hübner, 1826
  • Zeuxidia masoni Moore, 1879
  • Zeuxidia mesilauensis Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971
  • Zeuxidia semperi Felder & Felder, 1861
  • Zeuxidia sibulana Honrath, 1885

References

  1. ^ "Zeuxidia Hübner, [1826]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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