Euxanthe

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Charaxinae
Tribus: Euxanthini
Genus: Euxanthe
Subgenera (2): Euxanthe – E. (Hypomelaena)

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)
Overview of species

E. eurinome –
Name

Euxanthe Huebner, 1819: Verz. bekannt. Schmett., (3) 39.

Type species: Papilio eurinome Cramer, 1775

Synonyms

Godartia Lucas, 1843, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 11(4): 297, TS: Godartia madagascariensis Godart, 1843
Anthora Doubleday, 1844, List lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. 1: 99, TS: Papilio eurinome Cramer, 1775
Hypomelaena Aurivillius, 1898, K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 31 (5): 222, TS: Godartia trajanus Ward, 1871

References

Turlin, B. 2009: Systématique et répartition de Euxanthe eurinome (Cramer, 1775) et description de la sous-espèce lequeuxi ssp. nova (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Charaxinae). Revue des Lépidoptéristes de France 18(44): 134-139. Reference page.