Euxanthe
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Euxanthe is a genus
of butterflies in the subfamily Charaxinae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies in the subfamily Charaxinae
Charaxinae
Charaxinae, the leafwings, is a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China and southern Australia. There are significant variations between the species...
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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 wakefieldiEuxanthe wakefieldiThe Forest Queen is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in South Africa, from KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland and the north-eastern Limpopo Province, north into eastern Africa....
(Ward, 1873)
- Subgenus Hypomelaena Aurivillius, [1898]
- Euxanthe tiberius Grose-Smith, 1889
- Euxanthe trajanus (Ward, 1871)