Euphaedra sarcoptera

Euphaedra sarcoptera
Euphaedra sarcoptera styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. sarcoptera
Binomial name
Euphaedra sarcoptera (Butler, 1871) [1]
Synonyms
Romaleosoma sarcopteraButler, 1871 Euphaedra (Euphaedra) sarcoptera Najas sarcoptera nipponicorumCarcasson, 1965

Euphaedra sarcoptera, the large true forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. ^[2]

Description

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

E. sarcoptera Btlr. has like aurata a broad yellow subapical band on the upperside of the forewing, but differs from both the other forms [of Euphaedra cyparissa] in the presence of a bright red spot at the base of the forewing beneath; this spot is placed in the cell and reaches about to its middle. Ashanti and Dahomey. ^[3]

Biology

The habitat consists of lowland forests.

It is thought to be a co-mimic of Charaxes fournierae jolybouyeri .

The larvae feed on Dennetia tripetala .

Subspecies

• E. s. sarcoptera (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
• E. s. cyparissoidesHecq, 1979 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• E. s. ferreaPyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mount Nimba)
• E. s. nipponicorum(Carcasson, 1965) (Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-western Tanzania)
• E. s. styxLarsen & Warren-Gash, 2003 (Ivory Coast)

Gallery

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  E. s. sarcoptera male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. s. sarcoptera female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. s. ferrea male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. s. ferrea female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. s. styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
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  E. s. styx female dorsal (e); ventral (f)
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  E. s. cyparissoides male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
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  E. s. nipponicorum male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
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  E. s. nipponicorum female dorsal (a); ventral (b)

References

1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
3. Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .