Euphaedra phaethusa | |
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Both E. p. phaethusa male, Ghana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euphaedra |
Species: | E. phaethusa
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Binomial name | |
Euphaedra phaethusa | |
Synonyms | |
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Euphaedra phaethusa, the Common ceres forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and possibly Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Blighia sapida.
Subspecies
[edit]- Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria). There is also a form ceroides.
- Euphaedra phaethusa aurea Hecq, 1983 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, western Liberia)
Similar species
[edit]Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group q.v.
References
[edit]- ^ "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini