Euphaedra nigrobasalis

Euphaedra nigrobasalis
Figure 34 (male) - plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. nigrobasalis
Binomial name
Euphaedra nigrobasalis Joicey & Talbot, 1921 [1]
Synonyms
Euphaedra eleus nigrobasalisJoicey & Talbot, 1921 Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) nigrobasalis Euphaedra coprates upembaOverlaet, 1955

Euphaedra nigrobasalis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Malawi. ^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Original description

Euphaedra eleus nigrobasalis subsp. nov. Distinguished from eleus orientalis Roths. by the costa and upper part of cell being black to the base, leaving only a narrow stripe of red-brown along lower margin of cell, by the red-brown area only reaching origin of vein 3, by the narrow white subcostal stripe on hind wing below, and the absence of the submarginal row of spots. The distal margin of hind wing above is of more even width and not wider on the anal area; and the spots in it are blue without white tinge. Habitat.—Panda River, Lufira Valley, S.E. Congo, May 12, 1919, one male two females, T. A. Barns. ^[3] Images of type-Tervuren

Subspecies

• Euphaedra nigrobasalis nigrobasalis (Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Zambia)
• Euphaedra nigrobasalis ceramicaHecq, 1991 (Malawi)
• Euphaedra nigrobasalis upembaOverlaet, 1955 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
3. Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G 1921 New Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. New Forms of Rhopalocera Bull. Hill Mus. 1 (1) : 44-118, pl. 5-16 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .