Euphaedra medon
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euphaedra |
| Species: | E. medon |
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| Euphaedra medon (Linnaeus, 1763)[1] | |
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Euphaedra medon, the Widespread Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and riverine vegetation.
The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Paullinia pinnata, Phialodiscus zambesiacus and Allophylus species
Subspecies
- Euphaedra medon medon (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Euphaedra medon abouna Ungemach, 1932 (south-western Ethiopia)
- Euphaedra medon celestis Hecq, 1986 (Gabon, Congo, Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Euphaedra medon innotata Holland, 1920 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania: Kigoma and Mpanda)
- Euphaedra medon fernanda Hecq, 1981 (Bioko)
- Euphaedra medon fraudata van Someren, 1935 (Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya)
- Euphaedra medon inaequabilis Thurau, 1904 (Uganda, western Kenya)
- Euphaedra medon neustetteri Niepelt, 1915 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)
- Euphaedra medon pholus (van der Hoeven, 1840) (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone)
- Euphaedra medon sanctanna Hecq, 1985 (Gabon)
- Euphaedra medon viridinota (Butler, 1871) (Gabon)
References
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- ↑ Euphaedra, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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