Biology:Euphaedra phaethusa
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Euphaedra phaethusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Nymphalidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Euphaedra |
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| Euphaedra phaethusa (Butler, 1866)[1]
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Euphaedra phaethusa, the Common ceres forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and possibly Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Blighia sapida.
Subspecies
- Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria). There is also a form ceroides.
- Euphaedra phaethusa aurea Hecq, 1983 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, western Liberia)
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Similar species
Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group q.v.
References
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- ↑ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
Wikidata ☰ Q5851089 entry
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