Euxanthe crossleyi

Euxanthe crossleyi, the Crossley's forest queen, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forest and riverine forests.

Euxanthe crossleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euxanthe
Species:	E. crossleyi
Binomial name
Euxanthe crossleyi (Ward, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
Godartia crossleyi Ward, 1871 Charaxes crossleyi Euxanthe crossleyi radiata Niepelt, 1934 Euxanthe crossleyi niepelti Stichel, 1939 Euxanthe ansorgei Rothschild, 1903 Euxanthe crossleyi f. babingtoni Stoneham, 1943 Euxanthe crossleyi intermedia Joicey and Talbot, 1921

Adults are attracted to fermented bananas.

The larvae feed on Blighia zambesiaca, Blighia unijugata, Deinbollia and Phialodiscus species.

Subspecies

• Euxanthe crossleyi crossleyi (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Zambia)
• Euxanthe crossleyi ansorgei Rothschild, 1903 (southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, western Tanzania)
• Euxanthe crossleyi claudiae Rousseau-Decelle, 1934 (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Euxanthe crossleyi magnifica Rebel, 1914 (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania).

References

1. "Euxanthe Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Euxanthini