Euphaedra edwardsii

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Euphaedra edwardsii
Edwards' forester (Euphaedra edwardsii).jpg
Kibale National Park, Uganda
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. edwardsii
Binomial name
Euphaedra edwardsii
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis (Aterica) edwardsiivan der Hoeven, 1845
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) edwardsii
  • Romaleosoma pratinasDoubleday, 1848
  • Euphaedra edwardsi viridisSuffert, 1904
  • Euphaedra edwardsi ab. clarusAurivillius, 1912
  • Euphaedra edwardsi clarusd’Abrera, 1980

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]

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in Seitz 42 female, not male with related species SeitzFaunaAfricanaXIIITaf42.jpg
in Seitz 42 female, not male with related species

Description

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

  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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .