Euphaedra paradoxa

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.

Euphaedra paradoxa
Scientific classification
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 difficilis Rothschild, 1918
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. preussoides van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. rufescens van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. vansomereni van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. comixta van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra paradoxa f. featheri van Someren, 1935
  • Euphaedra eleus zukumaensis Stoneham, 1956

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

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.

References
  1. "Euphaedra Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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