Xanthotaenia

Yellow-banded nymph
Xanthotaenia busiris burra, Borneo, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Amathusiini
Genus:	Xanthotaenia Westwood, 1858[1]
Species:	X. busiris
Binomial name
Xanthotaenia busiris (Westwood, 1858)
Synonyms
Clerome (Xanthotaenia) busiris Westwood, 1858 Xanthotaenia polychroma Hagen, 1898 Xanthotaenia obscura Butler, 1883

Xanthotaenia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae.[2] Its single species is Xanthotaenia busiris, the yellow-banded nymph. They can be identified by a yellow strip along their forewings.[3]

Behavior

The larvae feed on Calamus, while adults spend most of their lives at ground level usually near ginger, around Faunis canens butterflies. In Peninsular Malaysia, eggs were found and larvae were reared on ginger. It is semi-crepuscular in behavior.

Distribution

The Xanthotaenia are primarily found around Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, in tropical rainforests at elevations between 100–300 m.

Subspecies

• Xanthotaenia busiris busiris (southern Burma: Teanasserim, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra)
• Xanthotaenia busiris burra Stichel, 1906 (Borneo, Natuna Islands)
• Xanthotaenia busiris obscura Butler, 1883 (Nias)
• Xanthotaenia busiris polychroma Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai)

References

1. "Xanthotaenia Westwood, 1858" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Xanthotaenia busiris". animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
3. "Xanthotaenia busiris". tolweb.org. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

External links

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