''Euxanthe'' is a

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of butterflies in the subfamily

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Species

There are six species all found in

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forests. The popular name is forest queen. *

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''Euxanthe'' Hübner, 819/small> **'' Euxanthe crossleyi'' (Ward, 1871) **'' Euxanthe eurinome'' (Cramer,

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Euxanthe madagascariensis ''Euxanthe madagascariensis'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1843. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i M ...

'' (Lucas, 1843) **''

Euxanthe wakefieldi ''Euxanthe wakefieldi'', the forest queen, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in South Africa, from KwaZulu-Natal to Eswatini and the north-eastern Limpopo, north into eastern Africa. The wingspan is 65–72 mm for males ...

'' (Ward, 1873) *Subgenus ''Hypomelaena'' Aurivillius, 898/small> **''

Euxanthe tiberius ''Euxanthe tiberius'' is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests, including coastal forests. Both sexes are attracted to fermenting bananas. The larvae feed on ...

'' Grose-Smith, 1889 **''

Euxanthe trajanus ''Euxanthe trajanus'', the Trajan's forest queen, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African ...

'' (Ward, 1871)

External links

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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
Charaxinae Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Charaxinae-stub