Euphaedra maxima

Euphaedra maxima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. maxima
Binomial name
Euphaedra maxima Holland, 1920 [1]
Synonyms
Euphaedra xypete var. maximaHolland, 1920 Euphaedra (Xypetana) maxima Euphaedra xypete var. flavaDufrane, 1933

Euphaedra maxima is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele). ^[2]

Original description

Euphedra xypete maxima, new variety

There are three males and three females, which are referable to Romalaeosoma xypete Hewitson (cf. Exot. Butt., 1865, III, Romalaeosoma, Pl. 15, figs. 8-10), but which differ from specimens in my collection received from Sierra Leone, Cameroon, and Gaboon, in being much larger in size, by the prevalently bluish (not greenish) cast of the lighter portions of their wings on the upper side, and by having the spots which define the inner margin of the postapical band on the under side of the primaries much narrower and less strongly developed than is the case in specimens from the localities named. The form may be designated as var. maxima, the specimens averaging fully fifteen per cent more in expanse of wing than specimens taken on the west coast, of which I have many scores before me as I write. Male type, Medje; female allotype, Ngayu; paratypes, male, female, Ngayu. ^[3] Images BOLD

References

1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
3. Holland, W. J. 1920 Lepidoptera of the Congo. Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition Together with Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 43 (6) : 109-369, pl. 6-14 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .