Euphaedra karschi

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Euphaedra karschi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. karschi
Binomial name
Euphaedra karschi
Bartel, 1905 [1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra (Xypetana) karschi

Euphaedra karschi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Max Bartel in 1905. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

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Description

E. karschi Bartel, like xypete , has a white apical spot on the forewing and the greater part of the hindwing beneath red; the subapical band of the forewing is whitish, very narrow (about as in preussi ) and sharply defined; it consists of 3 small anterior spots and a large one, placed more distally, in cellule 3. On the underside of the fore wing the subapical band is white and proximally only narrowly bordered with black; the under surface of the hindwing coloured and marked almost exactly as in the typical xypete. Probably only a form of the latter. North-West Cameroons. [3]

It is a rare species. [4]


Subspecies

Etymology

The specific name honours Ferdinand Karsch.

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 .
  4. Milan Zúbrik, Philippe Oremans, Tomasz W. Pyrcz New records of Euphaedra species (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Central African Republic Polish Journal of Entomology 91(4): 161–167 (2022) DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.0695