Euphaedra eusemoides

Euphaedra eusemoides
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. eusemoides
Binomial name
Euphaedra eusemoides (Grose-Smith & Kirby 1889) [1]
Synonyms
Euryphene eusemoidesGrose-Smith & Kirby, 1889 Euphaedra (Radia) eusemoides Euphaedra eusemioides var. coeruleopunctataGaede, 1916

Euphaedra eusemoides, the western mimic forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. ^[2]

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

E. eusemoides Sm. & Kirby (42 a). Forewing above without hindmarginal spot, the median band consisting of only two separated spots (in the cell and in cellule 2); the marginal band of the hindwing on both surfaces unspotted; the cell of the forewing beneath red at the base, both with 3 black dots; hindwing beneath spotted with light yellow in the middle (in cellules 4 and 5). Congo. ^[3]

Biology

The habitat consists of wet forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit. They mimic day-flying Agaristinae and Lasiocampidae moths.

Taxonomy

It is the nominal member of the Euphaedra eusemoides species group.

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 .