Euphaedra orientalis

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Euphaedra orientalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. orientalis
Binomial name
Euphaedra orientalis
Rothschild, 1898 [1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra eleus orientalisRothschild, 1898
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) orientalis
  • Euphaedra eleus nguruensisStoneham, 1956

Euphaedra orientalis, the orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique (from the northern coast to Beira) and eastern Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of dense forests.

Adults are attracted by fermenting bananas and ripe wild figs on the forest floor.

The larvae possibly feed on Blighia unijugata and Phoenix reclinata .

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra eleus species group q.v.

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