Euphaedra janetta

Euphaedra janetta
Euphaedra janetta janetta, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. janetta
Binomial name
Euphaedra janetta (Butler, 1871) [1]
Synonyms
Romaleosoma janettaButler, 1871 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) janetta Euphaedra themis ab. reductaBartel, 1905 Euphaedra themis var. janettinaGaede, 1916 Euphaedra janetta var. viridisSchultze, 1920 Euphaedra janetta f. orHecq, 1987 Euphaedra janetta var. insularisSchultze, 1920 Euphaedra campaspe f. campaspoidesHecq, 1982

Euphaedra janetta, the Janetta Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Description

ab. janetta Btlr. The forewing above without red at the base; its subapical band on both surfaces gold-yellow or yellowish; both wings beneath violet-red at the base. Ashanti to Cameroons. ^[3]

Biology

Adults are attracted to fallen fruit.

Subspecies

• E. j. janetta (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
• E. j. campaspoidesHecq, 1985 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)
• E. j. insularisSchultze, 1920 (Bioko)
• E. j. remotaHecq, 1991 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Equateur, Central African Republic)

Similar species

Other members of themis species group q.v.

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 .