Euphaedra eleus
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| Euphaedra eleus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Euphaedra |
| Species: | E. eleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphaedra eleus (Drury, 1782)[1] | |
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Euphaedra eleus, the Eleus Orange Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests and secondary forests with a closed canopy.
Adults mimic the day-flying moth Aletis helcita.
The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Deinbollia, Allophylus and Paullinia species.
Subspecies
- Euphaedra eleus eleus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda)
- Euphaedra eleus gigas Hecq, 1996 (south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)
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- ↑ Euphaedra, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
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