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.

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