Euxanthe trajanus

Euxanthe trajanus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euxanthe
Species:	E. trajanus
Binomial name
*Euxanthe trajanus* (Ward, 1871)^[1]
Synonyms
Godartia trajanus Ward, 1871 Euxanthe (Hypomelaena) trajanus Charaxes trajanus Euxanthe schatzi Staudinger, 1885 Euxanthe trajanus gabonicus Le Cerf, 1923 Euxanthe trajanus f. depuncta Le Cerf, 1923 Euxanthe (Hypomelaena) trajanus nigeriae van Someren, 1975

Euxanthe trajanus, Trajan’s forest queen, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Uganda.^[2] 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 Congo, Central African Republic)
Euxanthe trajanus antonius Rousseau-Decelle, 1938 (southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
Euxanthe trajanus vansomereni Poulton, 1929 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

References

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↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Euxanthini

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