Euphaedra medon

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Euphaedra medon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphaedra
Species: E. medon
Binomial name
Euphaedra medon
(Linnaeus, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio medon Linnaeus, 1763
  • Euphaedra (Medoniana) medon
  • Papilio janassa Linnaeus, 1764
  • Romalaeosoma agnes Butler, 1866
  • Euphaedra medon ab. fernanda Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Euphaedra medon var. innotata Holland, 1920
  • Romaleosoma viridinota Butler, 1871
  • Euphaedra medon ab. fraudata Thurau, 1904
  • Euphaedra medon neustetteri f. interpreta Niepelt, 1915
  • Euphaedra medon var. aequata Gaede, 1916
  • Euphaedra medon innotata ab. hollandi Dufrane, 1945
  • Euphaedra medon innotata ab. bipunctata Dufrane, 1945
  • Euphaedra medon innotata ab. alberici Dufrane, 1945
  • Euphaedra peculiaris Lathy, 1906
  • Euphaedra medon var. albula Thurau, 1904

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


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