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Euxanthe trajanus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Genus
  
Euxanthe

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Euxanthe, Euxanthe crossleyi, Butterflies and moths, Charaxes zingha, Charaxes tiridates

Euxanthe trajanus, the Trajan's forest queen, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Uganda. The habitat consists of primary lowland evergreen forests.

The larvae feed on Deinbollia, Phialodiscus and Lovoa species.

Subspecies

  • Euxanthe trajanus trajanus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola, southern and north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)
  • Euxanthe trajanus antonius Rousseau-Decelle, 1938 (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Euxanthe trajanus vansomereni Poulton, 1929 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

    • References

    Euxanthe trajanus Wikipedia
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