Euphaedra sarcoptera
| Euphaedra sarcoptera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euphaedra |
| Species: | E. sarcoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871)[1] | |
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Euphaedra sarcoptera, the Large True Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.
It is thought to be a co-mimic of Charaxes fournierae jolybouyeri.
The larvae feed on Dennetia tripetala.
Subspecies
- Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
- Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides Hecq, 1979 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea Pyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mount Nimba)
- Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum (Carcasson, 1965) (Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Tanzania)
- Euphaedra sarcoptera styx Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003 (Ivory Coast)
Gallery
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Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera male dorsal (a); ventral (b)%3B_ventral_(b).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera female dorsal (a); ventral (b)%3B_ventral_(d).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea male dorsal (c); ventral (d)%3B_ventral_(d).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea female dorsal (c); ventral (d)%3B_ventral_(f).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f)%3B_ventral_(f).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera styx female dorsal (e); ventral (f)%3B_ventral_(b).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides male dorsal (a); ventral (b)%3B_ventral_(d).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum male dorsal (c); ventral (d)%3B_ventral_(b).JPG)
Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
References
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- ↑ Euphaedra, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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