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Yellow Barred
Xanthotaenia busiris
Xanthotaenia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. Its single species is Xanthotaenia busiris, the yellow-banded nymph. They can be identified by a yellow strip along their forewings.
From the article Xanthotaenia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The Xanthotaenia are primarily found around Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, in tropical rainforests at elevations between 100–300 m.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The larvae feed on Calamus, while adults spend most of their lives at ground level usually near ginger, around Faunis canens butterflies. In Peninsular Malaysia, eggs were found and larvae were reared on ginger. It is semi-crepuscular in behavior.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
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Recorded sightings
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Every page naming Xanthotaenia busiris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 501304.