Geitoneura acantha Donovan, 1805 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Geitoneura acantha Donovan, 1805

Geitoneura acantha Donovan, 1805

Geitoneura acantha, the ringed or eastern ringed xenica, is a Nymphalidae butterfly found in southeastern mainland Australia.

Family
Genus
Geitoneura
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Geitoneura acantha Donovan, 1805

Geitoneura acantha, commonly known as the ringed xenica or eastern ringed xenica, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. Edward Donovan first described this species in 1805, under the original name Papilio acantha. This butterfly is found on the south-eastern mainland of Australia.

Photo: (c) Rolf Lawrenz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Rolf Lawrenz · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Geitoneura

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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