Geitoneura

Xenica
Geitoneura acantha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subtribe:	Hypocystina
Genus:	Geitoneura Butler, 1867
Species
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Geitoneura is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, commonly known as xenicas. The genus contains three species.

Species

• Geitoneura acantha (Donovan, 1805) – eastern ringed xenica
• Geitoneura klugii (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]) – common xenica or Klug's xenica
• Geitoneura minyas (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