Euphaedra eusemoides | |
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In Adalbert Seitz's Fauna Africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Euphaedra |
Species: | E. eusemoides
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Binomial name | |
Euphaedra eusemoides | |
Synonyms | |
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Euphaedra eusemoides, the western mimic forester, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2]
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms. |
E. eusemoides Sm. & Kirby (42 a). Forewing above without hindmarginal spot, the median band consisting of only two separated spots (in the cell and in cellule 2); the marginal band of the hindwing on both surfaces unspotted; the cell of the forewing beneath red at the base, both with 3 black dots; hindwing beneath spotted with light yellow in the middle (in cellules 4 and 5). Congo. [3]
The habitat consists of wet forests.
Adults are attracted to fallen fruit. They mimic day-flying Agaristinae and Lasiocampidae moths.
It is the nominal member of the Euphaedra eusemoides species group.