Euphaedra paradoxa

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Euphaedra paradoxa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. paradoxa
Binomial name
Euphaedra paradoxa
Neave, 1904 [1]
Synonyms
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) paradoxa
  • Euphaedra difficilisRothschild, 1918
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. preussoidesvan Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. rufescensvan Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. vansomerenivan Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. comixtavan Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. featherivan Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra eleus zukumaensisStoneham, 1956

Euphaedra paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Kenya (from the south-western part of the country to the shores of Lake Victoria), Uganda and north-western Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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Description

E. paradoxa Neave. Forewing above glossy greenish black with narrow dirty white subapical band and red-brown hindmarginal spot; hindwing above dull red-brown with narrow black marginal band, with greenish reflection, and light green submarginal spots. Under surface light olive-green; forewing with white subapical band; distal part of the hindwing lighter green with indistinct greenish submarginal spots. Uganda.

Similar species

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

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