Euphaedra inanum

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Euphaedra inanum
Unmarked ceres forester (Euphaedra inanum) female Bobiri.jpg
female
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. inanum
Binomial name
Euphaedra inanum
(Butler, 1873) [1]
Synonyms
  • Romaleosoma inanumButler, 1873
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) inanum

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]

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Description

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]

Biology

The habitat consists of dense forests.

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

The larvae feed on Sorindeia warneckei .

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra ceres 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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .