Euphaedra cinnamomea

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Euphaedra cinnamomea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. cinnamomea
Binomial name
Euphaedra cinnamomea
Rothschild, 1918 [1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra preussi f. cinnamomeaRothschild, 1918
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) cinnamomea

Euphaedra cinnamomea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

Described as a form of Euphaedra preussi form. nov. Male Has above all the green areas cinnamon colour washed with blue, and a large patch of blue above tornal area of hindwing. Habitat. Kongour Forest, Manyema, Congo Free State (R. Grauer), 1 male.

Taxonomy

Raised to species by Hecq Euphaedra cinnamomea Rothschild, 1918. [3] Seen as a synonym of Euphaedra castanea Berger, 1981 in Ackery et al. [4]

References

  1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. Hecq, 1984. Lambillionea 84: 9-16, 23-28.
  4. Ackery P. R. et al. Carcasson's African butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical region. East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1995., 1999ISBN 10: 0643055614 / ISBN 13: 9780643055612