Euxanthe

Euxanthe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Charaxinae. There are six species all found in Afrotropical forests. The popular name is empresses or forest queens.

Species

The six species are:

• Subgenus Euxanthe <small>Hübner, [1819]</small> / eurinome-group
• Euxanthe crossleyi <small>(Ward, 1871)</small>
• Euxanthe eurinome <small>(Cramer, [1775])</small>
• Euxanthe madagascariensis <small>(Lucas, 1843)</small>
• Euxanthe wakefieldi <small>(Ward, 1873)</small>
• Subgenus Hypomelaena <small>Aurivillius, [1898]</small> / tiberius-group
• Euxanthe tiberius <small>Grose-Smith, 1889</small>
• Euxanthe trajanus <small>(Ward, 1871)</small>

The subgenera are not

References

External links

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 29