Euphaedra cyparissa

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Euphaedra cyparissa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. cyparissa
Binomial name
Euphaedra cyparissa
(Cramer, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio cyparissaCramer, 1775
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedra) cyparissa
  • Papilio catoFabricius, 1787
  • Euphaedra cyparissa var. aurataCarpenter, 1895
  • Euphaedra cyparissa aureolaRothschild, 1918

Euphaedra cyparissa, the true forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of drier forests and open wet forests or the edges of wet forests.

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The length of the forewings is 31–33 mm for males and about 40 mm for females. The upperside colour is black and apple green with a delicate yellow sheen, somewhat more prominent on the hindwing median area. [3]

Description in Seitz

E. cyparissa is distinguished by the black discal spots and the large black submarginal spots on both wings beneath and by having the submarginal spots on the underside of the forewing placed in an irregularly curved line, the spots in cellules 3 and 4 being much nearer to the distal margin; the discal spot in cellule 2 on the forewing beneath is transversely placed and stands before the middle of the cellule. As in the other species the hindwing is green above with broad black marginal band and the forewing at the hindmargin also green at least as far as the cell; the underside of the hindwing is more or less extended gold-yellow or orange-yellow in the middle. - cyparissa Cr. The forewing above with green subapical band, beneath not red at the base. Sierra Leone and Congo. ab.aurata Carpent.- The forewing above with yellow subapical band, beneath not red at the base. Niger and Cameroons. [4]

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

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References

  1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
  3. Taxonomy and distribution pattern of the African rain forest butterfly genus Euphaedra Hübner sensu stricto with the description of three new subspecies of Euphaedra cyparissa (Cramer) and one of E. sarcoptera (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae, Adoliadini) Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. 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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .