Xanthotaenia
Appearance
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Yellow-banded nymph | |
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Xanthotaenia busiris burra, Borneo, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Amathusiini |
Genus: | Xanthotaenia Westwood, 1858[1] |
Species: | X. busiris
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Binomial name | |
Xanthotaenia busiris (Westwood, 1858)
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Xanthotaenia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae.[2] Its single species is Xanthotaenia busiris, the yellow-banded nymph. They can be identified by a yellow strip along their forewings.[3]
Behavior
[edit]The larvae feed on Calamus, while adults spend most of their lives at ground level usually near ginger, around Faunis canens butterflies. It is semi-crepuscular in behavior.
Distribution
[edit]The Xanthotaenia are primarily found around Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, in tropical rainforests at elevations between 100–300 m.
Subspecies
[edit]- Xanthotaenia busiris busiris (southern Burma: Teanasserim, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra)
- Xanthotaenia busiris burra Stichel, 1906 (Borneo, Natuna Islands)
- Xanthotaenia busiris obscura Butler, 1883 (Nias)
- Xanthotaenia busiris polychroma Hagen, 1898 (Mentawai)
References
[edit]- ^ "Xanthotaenia Westwood, 1858" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Xanthotaenia busiris". animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Xanthotaenia busiris". tolweb.org. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
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