Euphaedra harpalyce

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Euphaedra harpalyce
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species: E. harpalyce
Binomial name
Euphaedra harpalyce
(Cramer, 1777)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio harpalyce Cramer, 1777
  • Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) harpalyce
  • Romaleosoma lakuma Butler, 1870
  • Euphaedra harpalyce var. fasciata Staudinger, 1886
  • Romaleosoma spatiosa Mabille, 1876
  • Euphaedra losinga ab. impunctata Bartel, 1905
  • Euphaedra spatiosa ab. saphirina Neustetter, 1927
  • Euphaedra spatiosa ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1933

Euphaedra harpalyce, the Common Blue-banded Forester, is a butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Gabon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests, riparian forests and secondary forests.

Both sexes are attracted to fermenting fruit.

The larvae feed on Phialodiscus unijugatus, Paullinia pinnata, Blighia sapida, Lecaniodiscus cupanoides, Deinbollia fulvotomentella, Blighia unijugata and Allophylus species.

Subspecies

  • Euphaedra harpalyce harpalyce (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
  • Euphaedra harpalyce dowsetti Hecq, 1990 (Rwanda)
  • Euphaedra harpalyce evanescens Hecq, 1995 (Nigeria: Mambilla Plateau)
  • Euphaedra harpalyce serena Talbot, 1928 (Democratic Republic of Congo: Shaba, Zambia)
  • Euphaedra harpalyce spatiosa (Mabille, 1876) (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
  • Euphaedra harpalyce sudanensis Talbot, 1929 (southern Sudan, northern Uganda)
  • Euphaedra harpalyce vana Hecq, 1991 (Bioko)

Gallery

  • Euphaedra harpalyce spatiosa

  • Euphaedra harpalyce spatiosa

References

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  1. ↑ Euphaedra, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini


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