Euphaedra sarcoptera

Euphaedra sarcoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euphaedra
Species:	E. sarcoptera
Binomial name
*Euphaedra sarcoptera* (Butler, 1871)^[1]
Synonyms
Romaleosoma sarcoptera Butler, 1871 Euphaedra (Euphaedra) sarcoptera Najas sarcoptera nipponicorum Carcasson, 1965

Euphaedra sarcoptera, the Large True Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests.

It is thought to be a co-mimic of Charaxes fournierae jolybouyeri.

The larvae feed on Dennetia tripetala.

Subspecies

Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria)
Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides Hecq, 1979 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea Pyrcz & Warren-Gash, 2013 (Guinea: Mount Nimba)
Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum (Carcasson, 1965) (Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Tanzania)
Euphaedra sarcoptera styx Larsen & Warren-Gash, 2003 (Ivory Coast)

Gallery

Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Euphaedra sarcoptera sarcoptera female dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Euphaedra sarcoptera ferrea female dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Euphaedra sarcoptera styx male dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Euphaedra sarcoptera styx female dorsal (e); ventral (f)
Euphaedra sarcoptera cyparissoides male dorsal (a); ventral (b)
Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum male dorsal (c); ventral (d)
Euphaedra sarcoptera nipponicorum female dorsal (a); ventral (b)

References

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