Euphaedra ruspina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euphaedra |
Species: | E. ruspina |
Binomial name | |
Euphaedra ruspina | |
Synonyms | |
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Euphaedra ruspina, or the common orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests.
Adults mimic day-flying moths, including Aletis helcita , Phaegorista similis , Heraclia poggei , Weymeria athenae and Oethrodea papilionaris .
Other members of the Euphaedra eleus species group q.v.
Euphaedra zaddachii, or Zaddach's mimic forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Euphaedra hewitsoni, or Hewitson's pink forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of wet forests.
Euphaedra hollandi is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, western Uganda and western Tanzania. The habitat consists of dense forests.
Euphaedra diffusa, the unmarked pink forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania. The habitat consists of drier forests.
Euphaedra mirabilis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Nigeria to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its eastern range limit of Uganda.
Euphaedra caerulescens is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and possibly Ethiopia.
Euphaedra permixtum, the robust Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae that occurs in forested areas of Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Angola.
Euphaedra janetta, the Janetta Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
Euphaedra adonina, the golden Themis forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.
Euphaedra sarita is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia.
Euphaedra fontainei is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and possibly Gabon.
Euphaedra phosphor is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Tanzania, Burundi and the south-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests.
Euphaedra preussiana, or Preuss' Ceres forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria and from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Euphaedra subprotea is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Euphaedra procera is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the southern part of the Central African Republic, the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.
Euphaedra albofasciata is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Uganda:.
Euphaedra mayumbensis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mayumbe) and the western part of the Central African Republic.
Euphaedra miranda is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Central African Republic, the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Cameroon.
Euphaedra eleus, the Eleus orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of primary forests and secondary forests with a closed canopy.
Euphaedra simplex, the simple orange forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia. The habitat consists of primary forests.