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Zeuxidia

Zeuxidia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Zeuxidia
Hübner, [1826]
Synonyms
  • Aglaura Herrich-Scháffer, 1849
  • Aglaura Westwood, 1851
  • Amaxidia Staudinger, 1887
  • Zeuxaltis Butler, 1897

Zeuxidia is a genus of very large butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. They are "leaf" butterflies with a cryptic ventral pattern. The genus is Indomalayan (Burma through Indochina and the Philippines to Sumatra, Java and Borneo.

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