Euxanthe eurinome

Euxanthe eurinome
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euxanthe
Species:	E. eurinome
Binomial name
	Euxanthe eurinome; (Cramer, [1775])
Synonyms
	Papilio eurinome Cramer, 1775; Charaxes eurinome; Euxanthe eurinome f. johnsoni Howarth, 1969; Godartia ansellica Butler, 1870; Euxanthe eurinome burgeoni Le Cerf, 1923; Euxanthe eurinome ansellica f. radiata van Someren and Rogers, 1928; Euxanthe eurinome elgonae van Someren, 1975;

Euxanthe eurinome, the common forest queen, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland evergreen forests and dry and degraded forests.

Adults are attracted to carnivore dung and fruit.

Subspecies

Euxanthe eurinome eurinome (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Bioko, southern Cameroon)
Euxanthe eurinome ansellica (Butler, 1870) (southern Cameroon, Gabon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, eastern and central Uganda)
Euxanthe eurinome birbirica Ungemach, 1932 (Uganda: north to the west of the Madi district, western Kenya, south-western Ethiopia)
Euxanthe eurinome celadon Le Cerf, 1923 (Gabon)