Zeuxidia Explained

Zeuxidia is a genus of very large butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are "leaf" butterflies with a cryptic ventral pattern. The genus is Indomalayan (Burma through Indochina and the Philippines to Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

Species

In alphabetical order:^[1]

• Zeuxidia amethystus Butler, 1865 - Saturn
• Zeuxidia aurelius (Cramer, 1777) - giant Saturn
• Zeuxidia dohrni Fruhstorfer, 1893
• Zeuxidia doubledayi Westwood, 1851
• Zeuxidia luxerii Hübner, 1826
• Zeuxidia masoni Moore, 1879
• Zeuxidia mesilauensis Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971
• Zeuxidia semperi Felder & Felder, 1861
• Zeuxidia sibulana Honrath, 1885

External links

• Images representing Zeuxidia at EOL

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/zeuxidia/ "Zeuxidia Hübner, [1826]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms