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Euxanthe crossleyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Genus
  
Euxanthe

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Euxanthe, Butterflies and moths, Euxanthe trajanus, Cymothoe herminia, Charaxes cynthia

Euxanthe crossleyi, the Crossley's forest queen, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forest and riverine forests.

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on Blighia zambesiaca, Blighia unijugata, Deinbollia and Phialodiscus species.

Subspecies

  • Euxanthe crossleyi crossleyi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Zambia)
  • Euxanthe crossleyi ansorgei Rothschild, 1903 (southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
  • Euxanthe crossleyi claudiae Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Euxanthe crossleyi magnifica Rebel, 1914 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania).

    • References

    Euxanthe crossleyi Wikipedia
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