Euxanthe

"Forest queen" redirects here. For the butterfly species with this common name, see Euxanthe wakefieldi.

Euxanthe
Euxanthe eurinome
Scientific 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)

External links

• 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