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Zeuxidia

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Also known as Saturn

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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNymphalidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
With media
4
Family
Nymphalidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, FMNH, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), NHMUK, USNM, MZLU
Recorded in
Malaysia, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Amathusiini
Image
Zaurel.jpg
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Commons category
Zeuxidia
taxon name
Zeuxidia
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Zeuxidia
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Encyclopedic overview

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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: 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

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