Biology:Euphaedra crockeri

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Euphaedra crockeri
Crocker's forester (Euphaedra crockeri crockeri) Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Crocker's forester (Euphaedra crockeri crockeri) underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
E. c. crockeri, in Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. crockeri
Binomial name
Euphaedra crockeri
(Butler, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romalaeosoma crockeri Butler, 1869
  • Euphaedra (Xypetana) crockeri

Euphaedra crockeri, or Crocker's forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Description

Very close to Euphaedra xypete qv.

Subspecies

  • Euphaedra crockeri crockeri (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana)
  • Euphaedra crockeri umbratilis Hecq, 1987 (Ivory Coast)

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5410070 entry