Species of butterfly
Euphaedra phaethusa
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Both E. p. phaethusa male, Ghana
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Nymphalidae
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Genus:
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Euphaedra
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Species:
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E. phaethusa
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Binomial name
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Euphaedra phaethusa
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Synonyms
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- Romaleosoma phaethusa Butler, 1866
- Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) phaethusa
- Euphaedra artynta Möschler, 1887
- Euphaedra vespasia Möschler, 1887
- Euphaedra adelica Bartel, 1905
- Euphaedra inanum f. ceroides Hecq, 1979
- Euphaedra ceroides Hecq, 1983
- Euphaedra scrupulosa Hecq, 1997
- Euphaedra ceroides aurea Hecq, 1983
- Euphaedra ceres ab. aurea Neustetter, 1927
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Euphaedra phaethusa, the Common ceres forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and possibly Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Blighia sapida.
Subspecies
- Euphaedra phaethusa phaethusa (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria). There is also a form ceroides.
- Euphaedra phaethusa aurea Hecq, 1983 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, western Liberia)
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female
E. p. phaetusa,
Ghana
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male
E. p. ceroides,
Ghana
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male
E. p. ceroides,
Ghana
Similar species
Other members of the Euphaedra ceres species group q.v.
References