''Euxanthe'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of butterflies in the subfamily
Charaxinae
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The Charaxinae, the leafwings, are a nymphalid subfamily of butterflies that includes about 400 species, inhabiting mainly the tropics, although some species extend into temperate regions in North America, Europe, China, and southern A ...
.
Species
There are six species all found in
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
forests. The popular name is forest queen.
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Subgenus
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
''Euxanthe''
Hübner, 819
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Year 819 (Roman numerals, DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Louis the Pious, Louis I marries Judith ...
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**'' Euxanthe crossleyi'' (Ward, 1871)
**''Euxanthe eurinome
''Euxanthe eurinome'', the common forest queen, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
'' (Cramer, 775
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Year 775 (Roman numerals, DCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 775 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domi ...
**'' Euxanthe madagascariensis'' (Lucas, 1843)
**'' Euxanthe wakefieldi'' (Ward, 1873)
*Subgenus ''Hypomelaena'' Aurivillius, 898
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Year 898 ( DCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* January 1 – King Odo I (or Eudes) dies at La Fère (Northern France) af ...
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**'' Euxanthe tiberius'' Grose-Smith, 1889
**'' Euxanthe trajanus'' (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
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