Euphaedra diffusa

Euphaedra diffusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. diffusa
Binomial name
*Euphaedra diffusa* Gaede, 1916^[1]
Synonyms
Euphaedra xypete var. diffusa Gaede, 1916 Euphaedra (Xypetana) diffusa Euphaedra cyanea Holland, 1920 Euphaedra hollandi albocoerulea Hecq, 1976 Euphaedra albocoerulea Euphaedra xypete f. albocoerulea Rothschild, 1918

Euphaedra diffusa, the Unmarked Pink Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of drier forests.

Subspecies

Euphaedra diffusa diffusa (eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Burundi, western Tanzania)
Euphaedra diffusa albocoerulea Hecq, 1976 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)

References

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↑ Euphaedra, Site of Markku Savela
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini

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