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Euxanthe eurinome

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Genus
  
Euxanthe

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Euxanthe eurinome

Similar
  
Euxanthe, Euxanthe crossleyi, Butterflies and moths, Euxanthe trajanus, Euxanthe wakefieldi

Euxanthe eurinome, the common forest queen, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and dry and degraded forests.

Adults are attracted to carnivore dung and fruit.

The larvae feed on Afzelia africana, Deinbollia pinnata, Blighia and Phialodiscus species.

Subspecies

  • Euxanthe eurinome eurinome (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Bioko, southern Cameroon)
  • Euxanthe eurinome ansellica (Butler, 1870) (southern Cameroon, Gabon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, eastern and central Uganda)
  • Euxanthe eurinome birbirica Ungemach, 1932 (Uganda: north to the west of the Madi district, western Kenya, south-western Ethiopia)
  • Euxanthe eurinome celadon Le Cerf, 1923 (Gabon)

    • References

    Euxanthe eurinome Wikipedia
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