Xanthotaenia
| Xanthotaenia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Amathusiini |
| Genus: | Xanthotaenia Westwood, 1858[1] |
| Species: | X. busiris |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthotaenia busiris (Westwood, 1858) | |
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Xanthotaenia is a butterfly genus[2] consisting of a single species, Xanthotaenia busiris. They can be identified by a yellow strip along their forewings. Their vernacular name is the yellow-banded nymph.[3]
Behavior
The larvae feeds on Calamus, while adults spend most of their lives at ground level usually near ginger, around Faunis canens. It is semi crepuscular in behavior.[4]
Distribution
The Xanthotaenia is primarily found around Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, in tropical rainforests at elevations between 100-300m.
Subspecies
- 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)
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- ↑ Xanthotaenia, funet.fi
- ↑ "Xanthotaenia busiris". animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Xanthotaenia busiris". tolweb.org. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "The Uncertain Satyr". www.learnaboutbutterflies.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.