Biology:Euphaedra paradoxa

Short description: Species of butterfly

Euphaedra paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. paradoxa
Binomial name
Euphaedra paradoxa Neave, 1904
Synonyms
Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) paradoxa Euphaedra difficilis Rothschild, 1918 Euphaedra paradoxa f. preussoides van Someren, 1935 Euphaedra paradoxa f. rufescens van Someren, 1935 Euphaedra paradoxa f. vansomereni van Someren, 1935 Euphaedra paradoxa f. comixta van Someren, 1935 Euphaedra paradoxa f. featheri van Someren, 1935 Euphaedra eleus zukumaensis Stoneham, 1956

Euphaedra paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya (from the south-western part of the country to the shores of Lake Victoria), Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

Description

E. paradoxa Neave. Forewing above glossy greenish black with narrow dirty white subapical band and red-brown hindmarginal spot; hindwing above dull red-brown with narrow black marginal band, with greenish reflection, and light green submarginal spots. Under surface light olive-green; forewing with white subapical band; distal part of the hindwing lighter green with indistinct greenish submarginal spots. Uganda.

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra preussi species group q.v.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5851080 entry