Geitoneura
Genus of butterflies
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Geitoneura is a genus of nymphalid butterflies, commonly known as xenicas. The genus contains three species.
| Xenica | |
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| Geitoneura acantha | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subtribe: | Hypocystina |
| Genus: | Geitoneura Butler, 1867 |
| Species | |
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Species
- Geitoneura acantha (Donovan, 1805) – eastern ringed xenica
- Geitoneura klugii (Guérin-Méneville, [1831]) – common xenica or Klug's xenica
- Geitoneura minyas (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) – western xenica
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Geitoneura.
- "Geitoneura Butler, 1867" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Geitoneura at the Australian Faunal Directory