Euphaedra aureola

Euphaedra aureola
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. aureola
Binomial name
Euphaedra aureola Kirby, 1889 [1]
Synonyms
Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) aureola Euphaedra aurigerStaudinger, 1891 Euphaedra auriger ab. janettoidesStrand, 1914 Euphaedra auriger ab. griseoviridisSchultze, 1920

Euphaedra aureola, the long-banded Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Description

ab. aureola Kirby (43 c, d) of themis is also near to janetta , but the red spot at the base of the under surface is not violet-red but brick-red. ^[3]

Biology

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Octolobus species.

Subspecies

• Euphaedra aureola aureola (Cameroon, Congo)
• Euphaedra aureola nitensHecq, 1997 (southern Nigeria)

Similar species

Other members of themis 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
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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .