Biology:Euptera freyja

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Euptera freyja
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euptera
Species:
E. freyja
Binomial name
Euptera freyja
Hancock, 1984[1]
Synonyms
  • Euptera bakeri Berger, 1981

Euptera freyja is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and possibly Angola.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Euptera freyja freyja (north-western Zambia)
  • Euptera freyja inexpectata Chovet, 1998 (coast of Cameroon)
  • Euptera freyja ornata Libert, 1998 (central Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lusambo, Sankuru and possibly Cataractes)

References

  1. "Euptera Staudinger, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

Wikidata ☰ Q5410978 entry