Euxanthe eurinome

Euxanthe eurinome
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euxanthe
Species:	E. eurinome
Binomial name
Euxanthe eurinome (Cramer, [1775])[1]
Synonyms
Papilio eurinome Cramer, 1775 Charaxes eurinome Euxanthe eurinome f. johnsoni Howarth, 1969 Godartia ansellica Butler, 1870 Euxanthe eurinome burgeoni Le Cerf, 1923 Euxanthe eurinome ansellica f. radiata van Someren and Rogers, 1928 Euxanthe eurinome elgonae van Someren, 1975

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 Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.^[2] 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 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

1. Euxanthe, Site of Markku Savela
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Euxanthini