Euxanthe

"Forest queen" redirects here. For the butterfly species with this common name, see Euxanthe wakefieldi.

Euxanthe is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Charaxinae.^[2][1][3] There are six species all found in Afrotropical forests.^[1][3] The popular name is empresses^[3] or forest queens.^[4]

Euxanthe
Euxanthe eurinome
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Euxanthini Rydon, 1971
Genus:	Euxanthe Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms[1]
Godartia Lucas, 1843 Anthora Doubleday, 1844 Hypomelaena Aurivillius, 1898

Species

The six species are:^[1][3]

• Subgenus Euxanthe Hübner, [1819]^[1][4] / eurinome-group^[3]
  • Euxanthe crossleyi (Ward, 1871)
  • Euxanthe eurinome (Cramer, [1775])
  • Euxanthe madagascariensis (Lucas, 1843)
  • Euxanthe wakefieldi (Ward, 1873)
• Subgenus Hypomelaena Aurivillius, [1898]^[1][4] / tiberius-group^[3]
  • Euxanthe tiberius Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Euxanthe trajanus (Ward, 1871)

The subgenera are not