Euphaedra herberti

Euphaedra herberti
In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. herberti
Binomial name
Euphaedra herberti (Sharpe, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
Romaleosoma herbertiSharpe, 1891 Euphaedra (Xypetana) herberti Euphaedra acrozaleucaKarsch, 1895 Euphaedra herberti herberti f. bacchabundaHecq, 1996

Euphaedra herberti is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. ^[2]

Description

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

E. herberti E. Sharpe (44 b) is a very distinct species. The submarginal spots of both wings are small, placed further (5-6 mm.) from the distal margin and united into a continuous line above; the white apical spot of the fore wing is very large; the subapical band in the male narrow, yellowish and little distinct, in the female broader and whitish and the upper surface entirely or for the most part lighter green, grey-green or yellowish green. The under surface differs from all the other forms of the subgroup in the weak development of the black markings; the dots in the cell are small or entirely absent, as are also the black discal spots; the subapical band of the forewing is only indicated and the submarginal spots, although distinct, are small and not deep black; the red costal band of the hindwing is not very sharply marked, is bounded before the middle by the black-edged vein 8, but at and behind the middle is extended and covers a part of cellule 7 (in the figure this is unfortunately too weakly indicated); the ground-colour of the under surface is light bluish green and at the distal margin more or less darkened. In the weakness of the markings on the under surface this species corresponds to such forms as eberti and sarita in the other two subgroups. Congo, rare. ^[3]

Subspecies

• Euphaedra herberti herberti (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Euphaedra herberti katangaHecq, 1980 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, Zambia)

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 .