Euphaedra ferruginea

Euphaedra ferruginea
Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. ferruginea
Binomial name
Euphaedra ferruginea Staudinger, 1886 [1] [2]
Synonyms
Euphaedra zampa var. ferrugineaStaudinger, 1886 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) ferruginea Euphaedra eleus var. occidentalisGaede, 1916 Euphaedra erasmusBirket-Smith, 1960

Euphaedra ferruginea, the ferruginous orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and Cameroon. ^[3] The habitat consists of forests.

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra eleus species group q.v. It was described as a form of eleuszampa — ab. ferruginea Stgr. only differs in having the hindwing above brown-red to beyond the middle and only close to the marginal band narrowly greenish. Old Calabar, Cameroons.

Gallery

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  Euphaedra zampa var. ferruginea depicted in Exotische schmetterlinge von dr. O. Staudinger und dr. E. Schatz.

References

1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Staudinger, O. 1886 Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge
3. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini