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Archdukes
Lexias
The archdukes are a genus (Lexias) of tropical forest-dwelling butterflies that are common throughout Southeast Asia and Australasia. Members of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae, the genus is represented by about 17 species. Two very similar and coexisting genera are Tanaecia (the viscounts and earls) and Euthalia (the barons and counts), the latter previously including some Lexias species. The largest species reach a wingspan of about 10 cm (4 in).
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Archduke
speciesLexias pardalis
Black-tipped Archduke
speciesLexias dirtea
Yellow Archduke
speciesLexias canescens
Orange Archduke
speciesLexias panopus
orange-banded plane
speciesLexias aeropa
Lexias aeetes
speciesLexias aeetes
Blue-spotted Archduke
speciesLexias albopunctata
Mountain-blue Archduke
speciesLexias satrapes
Great Archduke
speciesLexias cyanipardus
Malayan Archduke
speciesLexias bangkana
Lexias aegle
speciesLexias aegle
Lexias damalis
speciesLexias damalis
Lexias perdix
speciesLexias perdix
Belitung island archduke
speciesLexias immaculata
Lexias bandita
speciesLexias bandita
Lexias hikarugenzi
speciesLexias hikarugenzi
Lexias acutipenna
speciesLexias acutipenna
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 68324.