Ariadne enotrea

African castor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Ariadne
Species:	A. enotrea
Binomial name
	Ariadne enotrea; (Cramer, 1779)
Synonyms
	Papilio enotreaCramer, 1779 ; Papilio alphaeaDrury, 1782 ; Ariadne archeriCarcasson, 1958 ; Ergolis enotria suffusaJoicey & Talbot, 1921 ;

Last updated November 01, 2026

Ariadne enotrea, the African castor, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests (especially disturbed areas) and heavy woodland.

The larvae feed on Tragia species T. benthami , T. volubilis , T. brevipes and Dalechampia ipomaefolia .

Subspecies

Ariadne enotrea enotrea (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
Ariadne enotrea archeriCarcasson, 1958 (western Tanzania, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Ariadne enotrea suffusa(Joicey & Talbot, 1921) (eastern Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania)

Torben Larsen developed a species numbering system for his 2005 publication Butterflies of West Africa. The nominate subspecies is #828.^[2] The 'Larsen' numbers have since been used with permission in A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana.^[3]

References

↑ "Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.
↑ Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 109. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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[funet-1] "Ariadne Horsfield, [1829]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Larsen, Torben B. (2005). Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. ISBN 978-87-88757-43-9.

[3] Sharp, Charles J.; Sáfián, Sz. (2026). A Sharp Eye on Butterflies of Ghana. Oxford: Sharp Eye Publications and Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. p. 109. ISBN 978-615-02-5911-6.

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