| Euphaedra inanum | |
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| female Bobiri Forest, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euphaedra |
| Species: | E. inanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphaedra inanum | |
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Euphaedra inanum, the unmarked Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. [2]
E. inanum Btlr. (42 d; 44 c). Both wings beneath without black discal and submarginal spots, but with 2 or 3 black dots in the cell of the forewing and 1 or 2 in that of the hindwing; hindwing beneath in both sexes with sharply defined white median band, sometimes broken up into spots, extending from the costal margin to vein 3 or 4; hindwing often with bluish or green submarginal spots on both surfaces; subapical band of the forewing above light yellowish (male) or nearly white (female), beneath white; the bluish hindmarginal spot on the upperside of the forewing narrow. Sierra Leone to Angola. [3]
The habitat consists of dense forests.
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.
The larvae feed on Sorindeia warneckei .
Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group
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