Euphaedra phaethusa

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.

Euphaedra phaethusa
Both E. p. phaethusa
male, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Euphaedra
Species:
E. phaethusa
Binomial name
Euphaedra phaethusa
(Butler, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Romaleosoma phaethusa Butler, 1866
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) phaethusa
  • Euphaedra artynta Möschler, 1887
  • Euphaedra vespasia Möschler, 1887
  • Euphaedra adelica Bartel, 1905
  • Euphaedra inanum f. ceroides Hecq, 1979
  • Euphaedra ceroides Hecq, 1983
  • Euphaedra scrupulosa Hecq, 1997
  • Euphaedra ceroides aurea Hecq, 1983
  • Euphaedra ceres ab. aurea Neustetter, 1927

The larvae feed on Blighia sapida.

Subspecies
  • 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)
  • female E. p. phaetusa, Ghana
  • male E. p. ceroides, Ghana
  • male E. p. ceroides, Ghana

Similar species

Other members of the Euphaedra ceres 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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