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Zeuxidia Hübner 1826

Saturns

Andrew V. Z. Brower and Niklas Wahlberg

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Zeuxidia amethystus
Zeuxidia doubledayi
Zeuxidia aurelius
Zeuxidia luxerii
Zeuxidia mesilauensis
Zeuxidia semperi
Zeuxidia sibulana
Zeuxidia dohrni

Containing group: Amathusiini

Introduction

Large, showy southeast Asian "leaf" butterflies (the cryptic ventral pattern is an adaptation that has arisen multiple times in various forest-floor dwelling groups of Nymphalidae).

Other Names for Zeuxidia Hübner 1826

Aglaura Herrich-Scháffer 1849 invalid junior homonym of four other Aglaura, and junior objective synonym
Aglaura Westwood 1851 "myth"
Amaxidia Staudinger 1887 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Zeuxaltis Butler 1897 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Vernacular Names: Saturns

References

Corbet AS, Pendlebury HM, and Eliot JN. 1992. The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

Information on the Internet

Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Zeuxidia

Title Illustrations

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Scientific Name	Zeuxidia dohrni
Location	Indonesia: Java, Bandung
Specimen Condition	Dead Specimen
Identified By	Niklas Wahlberg
Life Cycle Stage	adult
View	dorsal/ventral
Collection	Wahlberg DNA voucher collection
Source	NW101-2
Source Collection	The Nymphalidae Systematics Group
Copyright	© 2008 Niklas Wahlberg

About This Page

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

Niklas Wahlberg
University of Turku, Finland

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First online 09 November 2006
Content changed 16 November 2009

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Niklas Wahlberg. 2009. Zeuxidia Hübner 1826. Saturns. Version 16 November 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Zeuxidia/87537/2009.11.16 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/