Biology:Euphaedra phaethusa

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Euphaedra phaethusa
Common ceres forester (Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa) male.jpg
Common ceres forester (Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa) male underside.jpg
Both E. p. phaethusa
male, Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. phaethusa
Binomial name
Euphaedra phaethusa
(Butler, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romaleosoma phaethusa Butler, 1866
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) phaethusa
  • Euphaedra artynta Möschler, 1887
  • Euphaedra vespasia Möschler, 1887
  • Euphaedra adelica Bartel, 1905
  • Euphaedra inanum f. ceroides Hecq, 1979
  • Euphaedra ceroides Hecq, 1983
  • Euphaedra scrupulosa Hecq, 1997
  • Euphaedra ceroides aurea Hecq, 1983
  • Euphaedra ceres ab. aurea Neustetter, 1927

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)

  • female E. p. phaetusa, Ghana

  • male E. p. ceroides, Ghana

  • male E. p. ceroides, Ghana

Similar species

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

References

  1. ↑ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

Wikidata ☰ Q5851089 entry




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