Euphaedra ruspina

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Euphaedra ruspina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species:
E. ruspina
Binomial name
Euphaedra ruspina
(Hewitson, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Romalaeosoma ruspinaHewitson, 1865
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) ruspina

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.

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Adults mimic day-flying moths, including Aletis helcita , Phaegorista similis , Heraclia poggei , Weymeria athenae and Oethrodea papilionaris .

Similar species

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

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