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''Geitoneura'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
nymphalid The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a redu ...
butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
, commonly known as xenicas. The genus contains three
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
.


Species

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Geitoneura acantha ''Geitoneura acantha'', the ringed xenica or eastern ringed xenica, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. The species was first described by Edward Donovan as ''Papilio acantha'' in 1805. It occurs in the south-eastern ...
'' (Donovan, 1805) – eastern ringed xenica *''
Geitoneura klugii ''Geitoneura klugii'', the common xenica or Klug's xenica, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.831 __NOTOC__ Year 831 ( DCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos invades the Abbasid dominion ...
– common xenica or Klug's xenica *''
Geitoneura minyas ''Geitoneura minyas'', the western xenica,
Systematic Names
is a species of
'' (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) – western xenica


External links


"''Geitoneura'' Butler, 1867"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
''Geitoneura''
at the Australian Faunal Directory Satyrini Butterfly genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Satyrini-stub