Euphaedra_edwardsi

<i>Euphaedra edwardsii</i>

Euphaedra edwardsii

Species of butterfly

Euphaedra edwardsii, or Edwards' forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2]

in Seitz 42 female, not male with related species

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Description

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E. edwardsi Hoeven (42 female, not male). Hindwing on both surfaces with a black discocellular spot. The cells above and beneath with three large black spots. Forewing in the usually uniform greenish grey-brown above, with black veins, in the female red-yellow in the basal part; hindwing yellow-brown above with blackish marginal band and light yellow submarginal spots. The under surface lighter, with or without whitish submarginal spots. Ashanti to Dahomey-In ab. viridis Suff. the basal part of the hindwing is dusky green above instead of red-brownish and the cell-spots are indistinct. Togo. ab. clarus Auriv. is on an average lighter and occurs in the Congo region.[3]

Similar species

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

Biology

It is found in a wide variety of habitats, from wet forests to almost open country.

The larvae feed on Lecaniodiscus cupanioides.

References

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  1. [1]
    "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. [2]
    Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. [3]
    Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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